Registered charity · Maidstone
Kent County Scout Council
Kent County Scout Council is a registered charity (number 303471) based in Maidstone, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Desmond Peter Harris since 2016. Latest income £1.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Kent Scouts (Charity Commission)
- 11 trustees
- Income £1.1m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Desmond Peter HarrisChair · since 2016
- Anthony Roy Hogben JPTrustee · since 2012
- Catherine Jane KirkpatrickTrustee · since 2019
- Daniel James EverestTrustee · since 2020
- Jamie Paul LucasTrustee · since 2023
- Janice GrantTrustee · since 2020
- Kenneth RidgwayTrustee · since 2012
- Neil GearingTrustee
- Nirav Bipin PatelTrustee · since 2019
- Paul BettsTrustee · since 2025
- Tom LlewellynTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Kent, Medway
- Website
- www.kentscouts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.1m£1.1m
- 2024£2.0m£1.6m
- 2023£1.5m£1.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£720k£625k
- 2021£439k£407k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
PURPOSES OF THE KENT COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL.
Grants received
2 grants · £6,297 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
- Sport England · £3,797
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £2,500
Most recent
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.
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
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
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Anthony Roy Hogben JP since 2012
- Daniel James Everest since 2020
- Jamie Paul Lucas since 2023
- Kenneth Ridgway since 2012
- Nirav Bipin Patel since 2019
- Tom Llewellyn since 2026
Portfolio (5)
- Desmond Peter Harris Chair since 2016
- Catherine Jane Kirkpatrick since 2019
- Janice Grant since 2020
- Neil Gearing
- Paul Betts since 2025
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
1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 303471
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 14TH OCTOBER 1936
- Contact on the register
- 01622397070 · info@kentscouts.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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