Kent County Scout Council
Registered charity 303471 Registered since 1963
Operates: Kent, Medway
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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.
11 trustees on the board
- Desmond Peter Harris Chair since 2016
- Anthony Roy Hogben JP since 2012
- Catherine Jane Kirkpatrick since 2019
- Daniel James Everest since 2020
- Jamie Paul Lucas since 2023
- Janice Grant since 2020
- Kenneth Ridgway since 2012
- Neil Gearing
- Nirav Bipin Patel since 2019
- Paul Betts since 2025
- Tom Llewellyn since 2026
6.8y median 6.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Desmond Peter Harris Chair since 2016
- Anthony Roy Hogben JP since 2012
- Catherine Jane Kirkpatrick since 2019
- Kenneth Ridgway since 2012
- Nirav Bipin Patel since 2019
7y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Daniel James Everest since 2020
- Jamie Paul Lucas since 2023
- Kenneth Ridgway since 2012
- Nirav Bipin Patel since 2019
- Tom Llewellyn since 2026
Portfolio (6)
- Desmond Peter Harris Chair since 2016
- Anthony Roy Hogben JP since 2012
- Catherine Jane Kirkpatrick since 2019
- Janice Grant since 2020
- Neil Gearing
- Paul Betts since 2025
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company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Education/training 11Religious Activities 11Amateur Sport 10General Charitable Purposes 1
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.
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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£1.1m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.
1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.9 in 2021
18 from 13 in 2022
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- Ninth Dartford Scout Group 1 shared trustee
- Tovil Scout Group 1 shared trustee
- Dartford District Scout Council 1 shared trustee
- The Dover District Scout Council 1 shared trustee
- Folkestone and Hythe District Scout Council 1 shared trustee
- The Thanet District Scout Council 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.kentscouts.org.uk |
| info@kentscouts.org.uk | |
| Phone | 01622397070 |
| Address | Kent Scouts Activity Centre, Lower Grange Farm, Grange Lane, Sandling, Maidstone, ME14 3DA |
Finances
£1,064,046 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £438,823 | £407,269 |
| 2022 | £720,404 | £624,655 |
| 2023 | £1,537,684 | £1,606,749 |
| 2024 | £1,987,472 | £1,606,369 |
| 2025 | £1,064,046 | £1,142,343 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingReligious ActivitiesAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritageRecreationWho
Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankindHow
Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyCharitable objects
PURPOSES OF THE KENT COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL.
Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 14TH OCTOBER 1936
Trustees (11)
11trustees
0aged 70+
- Desmond Peter Harris Chair since 2016
- Anthony Roy Hogben JP since 2012
- Catherine Jane Kirkpatrick since 2019
- Daniel James Everest since 2020
- Jamie Paul Lucas since 2023
- Janice Grant since 2020
- Kenneth Ridgway since 2012
- Neil Gearing
- Nirav Bipin Patel since 2019
- Paul Betts since 2025
- Tom Llewellyn since 2026
Connected charities (6)
- Dartford District Scout Council 1 shared trustee
- Ninth Dartford Scout Group 1 shared trustee
- Folkestone and Hythe District Scout Council 1 shared trustee
- The Thanet District Scout Council 1 shared trustee
- The Dover District Scout Council 1 shared trustee
- Tovil Scout Group 1 shared trustee
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