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Map of charities and companies in Tunbridge Wells
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Charities are shown at their registered address and companies are grouped by the postcode of their registered office. Select a dot to see who is there and open their profile. A registered address is not always where an organisation works. Zoom in to see more. Sources: Charity Commission, OSCR and the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland via the GovReg place index; Companies House register, 2 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. This map outlines Tunbridge Wells and its wards. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Organisations based here
Counted by registered address. A charity or company registered here may work elsewhere, and organisations from elsewhere may work here.
How do we know this?
| Figure | Source | Period | Geography | Method and limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organisation counts | Charity Commission, Companies House, Department for Education, NHS Public registers, via the GovReg place index Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 | place index build, 10 Oct 2026 | Tunbridge Wells | Counted by registered address or school postcode Active companies with a registered office in this area (Companies House). A registered office is not an operating location. Charities whose contact postcode (or nearest postcode) is in this area; not all serve only this area. NHS trust head offices located here; services are delivered across wider areas. Open schools in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland located here. |
Who serves this area
Charities, schools and the council. Each name links to its GovReg profile.
Largest charities by income
- Friends of Benenden Hospitalincome £45m · 4 trustees
- Benenden School (Kent) Limitedincome £28.2m · 13 trustees
- Aspens Charitiesincome £20.1m · 11 trustees
- Hospice in The Wealdincome £15.9m · 11 trustees
- Holmewood House Schoolincome £9.4m · 8 trustees
- Bethany Schoolincome £8.8m · 13 trustees
- The Dulwich School Cranbrookincome £8.3m · 11 trustees
- St Ronan's School (Hawkhurst)income £8m · 12 trustees
- Imago Communityincome £5.4m · 8 trustees
- Marlborough House Schoolincome £4.8m · 5 trustees
Largest schools by pupils
- Bennett Memorial Diocesan SchoolSecondary · 1,913 pupils
- Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for BoysSecondary · 1,875 pupils
- Leigh Academy MascallsSecondary · 1,227 pupils
- The Skinners' SchoolSecondary · 1,149 pupils
- Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar SchoolSecondary · 1,123 pupils
- St Gregory's Catholic SchoolSecondary · 1,093 pupils
- Skinners' Kent AcademySecondary · 1,017 pupils
- Cranbrook SchoolSecondary · 958 pupils
The council
- Tunbridge WellsCouncillors, wards, party groups and their registered interests
459 charities are registered here; the 444 that report income have a combined income of £202m and a median of £18,515. Income is as reported to the Charity Commission, and a charity may spend it elsewhere.
Elected councillors (42)
Tunbridge Wells has 42 elected councillors in this area. Only elected members are named, as public office holders.
Show all 42 councillors
| Councillor | Party | Ward |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Ellison | Conservative and Unionist Party | Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden |
| Andy Fairweather | Conservative and Unionist Party | Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden |
| Harry James Wormington | Liberal Democrats | Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden |
| Nancy Warne | Tunbridge Wells Alliance | Cranbrook, Sissinghurst & Frittenden |
| David Osborne | Liberal Democrats | Culverden |
| Justine Victoria Rutland | Liberal Democrats | Culverden |
| Martin Dale Brice | Liberal Democrats | Culverden |
| Beverley Sara Palmer | Conservative and Unionist Party | Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden |
| Ellen Neville | Tunbridge Wells Alliance | Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden |
| Tom Dawlings | Conservative and Unionist Party | Hawkhurst, Sandhurst & Benenden |
| Dianne Hill | Labour and Co-operative Party | High Brooms |
| Christopher Digby | Liberal Democrats | Paddock Wood |
| Don Kent | Liberal Democrats | Paddock Wood |
| Mark Gavin Munday | Liberal Democrats | Paddock Wood |
| Christopher John Hall | Liberal Democrats | Pantiles |
| Jamie Johnson | Liberal Democrats | Pantiles |
| Pamela Jean Wilkinson | Liberal Democrats | Pantiles |
| Corinna Keefe | Liberal Democrats | Park |
| Matt Lowe | Liberal Democrats | Park |
| Richard William James Brown | Liberal Democrats | Park |
| Tara Matthews | Liberal Democrats | Park |
| Astra Margarita Birch | Liberal Democrats | Pembury & Capel |
| David Hayward | Independents for Tunbridge Wells | Pembury & Capel |
| Hugh Patterson | Liberal Democrats | Pembury & Capel |
| David Knight | Conservative and Unionist Party | Rural Tunbridge Wells |
| Lynne Marie Darrah | Conservative and Unionist Party | Rural Tunbridge Wells |
| Thomas Neil William Mobbs | Conservative and Unionist Party | Rural Tunbridge Wells |
| Ian William Standing | Liberal Democrats | Rusthall & Speldhurst |
| Jayne Angharad Sharratt | Labour Party | Rusthall & Speldhurst |
| Matthew Sankey | Tunbridge Wells Alliance | Rusthall & Speldhurst |
| Andrew Wallace | Liberal Democrats | Sherwood |
| Courtney Souper | Liberal Democrats | Sherwood |
| Hugo Giles Pound | Labour Party | Sherwood |
| Ash Shukla | Liberal Democrats | Southborough & Bidborough |
| Kimberley Louise Johnson | Liberal Democrats | Southborough & Bidborough |
| Mark Strafford Ellis | Liberal Democrats | Southborough & Bidborough |
| Ben Chapelard | Liberal Democrats | St James' |
| Gavin Barrass | Liberal Democrats | St James' |
| Rob Wormington | Liberal Democrats | St James' |
| Peter Andrew Lidstone | Liberal Democrats | St John's |
| Simon John Davidson | Liberal Democrats | St John's |
| Ukonu Elisha Obasi | Liberal Democrats | St John's |
Full profiles are on the council page.
Organisations that share board members
Among the 444 largest charities here with trustee data, 127 are linked to at least one other through 121 shared board members. This shows how boards overlap, which is not the same as influence or control, and in small communities the same volunteers often serve more than one cause.
- Canon Jeffrey's Charity and The Parochial Church Council of The Ecclesiastical Parish of St Laurence with All Saints. Hawkhurst13 shared board members
- The Kilndown Millennium Green Trust and Kilndown Recreation Hall10 shared board members
- Dunk's Almshouse Charity and Dunk's Educational Foundation7 shared board members
- The Springett Almshouses Trust and The Charity of Thomas Iddenden7 shared board members
- Kilndown Quarry Centre and Kilndown Recreation Hall6 shared board members
- Dunk's Almshouse Charity and Dunk's and Springett's Educational Foundation6 shared board members
- Shimbwe Development Trust (Tanzania) and Shimbwe Development Trust (Tanzania)5 shared board members
- Dunk's Almshouse Charity and Dunk's Almshouse Charity5 shared board members
- Dunk's Almshouse Charity and Dunk's and Springett's Educational Foundation5 shared board members
- Dunk's Educational Foundation and Dunk's Almshouse Charity5 shared board members
Connections between organisations through shared board members describe how boards overlap. They are not evidence of influence, control or coordination, and many overlaps are ordinary in small communities. Only elected councillors are named. No addresses or other personal details are shown; organisation links point to existing public GovReg profiles.
Sources used on this page
1- Charity Commission, Companies House, Department for Education, NHS England: Organisation registers, via the GovReg place indexA charity or company is counted where its registered address is, which is not necessarily where it works.
Registered offices are not operating locations. Ranks and deciles are never averaged. Census 2021 figures are labelled 2021.