Registered charity · Kent
WAR Memorial Hall AT Platt
WAR Memorial Hall AT Platt is a registered charity (number 302897) based in Kent, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by David Michael Vallance since 2002. Latest income £45k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Platt Memorial Hall (Charity Commission)
- 12 trustees
- Income £45k (2025)
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Who leads it
- David Michael VallanceChair · since 2002
- Barry Anthony BakerTrustee · since 1997
- David Raymond COXTrustee · since 2006
- Dennis Edward JewittTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Phillip Robert John BarnesTrustee · since 2026
- Jacqueline Lesley OwensTrustee · since 2022
- John ActonTrustee · since 2016
- John CoxTrustee · since 2023
- MR Dick SearleTrustee · since 2005
- MR Tony SalesTrustee · since 2010
- Ronald Stewart ScottTrustee · since 2025
- Sue ButterfillTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- www.plattmemorialhall.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£45k£34k
- 2024£45k£28k
- 2023£50k£41k
Earlier years
- 2022£50k£41k
- 2021£73k£74k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A READING AND RECREATION ROOM, ALSO LECTURES, MEETINGS AND ENTERTAINMENT AND FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT THINK ADVISABLE AND FOR THE PROVISION OF FOOD AND REFRESHMENT.
Grants received
2 grants · £56,600 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £51,600
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £5,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
12 trustees on the board
- David Michael Vallance Chair since 2002
- Barry Anthony Baker since 1997
- David Raymond COX since 2006
- Dennis Edward Jewitt since 2025
- Dr Phillip Robert John Barnes since 2026
- Jacqueline Lesley Owens since 2022
- John Acton since 2016
- John Cox since 2023
- MR Dick Searle since 2005
- MR Tony Sales since 2010
- Ronald Stewart Scott since 2025
- Sue Butterfill since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- David Michael Vallance Chair since 2002
- Barry Anthony Baker since 1997
- David Raymond COX since 2006
- John Acton since 2016
- MR Dick Searle since 2005
- MR Tony Sales since 2010
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- David Michael Vallance Chair since 2002
- Barry Anthony Baker since 1997
- Dennis Edward Jewitt since 2025
- Dr Phillip Robert John Barnes since 2026
- Jacqueline Lesley Owens since 2022
- John Cox since 2023
- MR Dick Searle since 2005
- Ronald Stewart Scott since 2025
Portfolio (4)
- David Raymond COX since 2006
- John Acton since 2016
- MR Tony Sales since 2010
- Sue Butterfill since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 302897
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF 10 JANUARY 1933
- Contact on the register
- 07956247844
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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