Discover SwaleSouth East
Map of charities and companies in Swale
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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 Swale 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 | Swale | 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
- Avante Care and Support Limitedincome £44m · 10 trustees
- Demelza Hospice Care for Childrenincome £17.3m · 16 trustees
- Children and Families Limitedincome £2.9m · 5 trustees
- Kite Collegeincome £2.5m · 12 trustees
- The Faversham Municipal Charities 2010income £2.5m
- Faversham Swimming Pools Management Committee Ltdincome £1.5m · 13 trustees
- The Faversham Societyincome £1.2m · 15 trustees
- West Faversham Community Associationincome £1.1m · 8 trustees
- International Association of Teachers of English As A Foreign Languageincome £998,280 · 8 trustees
- Sateda Limitedincome £754,793 · 7 trustees
Largest schools by pupils
- Westlands SchoolSecondary · 1,690 pupils
- The Sittingbourne SchoolSecondary · 1,556 pupils
- Fulston Manor SchoolSecondary · 1,314 pupils
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SchoolSecondary · 1,156 pupils
- The Abbey SchoolSecondary · 1,061 pupils
- Leigh Academy MinsterSecondary · 1,005 pupils
- Borden Grammar SchoolSecondary · 938 pupils
- Highsted Grammar SchoolSecondary · 793 pupils
The council
- SwaleCouncillors, wards, party groups and their registered interests
324 charities are registered here; the 311 that report income have a combined income of £93.7m and a median of £17,524. Income is as reported to the Charity Commission, and a charity may spend it elsewhere.
Elected councillors (51)
Swale has 51 elected councillors in this area. Only elected members are named, as public office holders.
Show all 51 councillors
| Councillor | Party | Ward |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Alexander Gibson | Liberal Democrats | Abbey |
| Chris Williams | Liberal Democrats | Abbey |
| Hannah Perkin | Liberal Democrats | Abbey |
| Lloyd Chapman | Swale Independents | Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow |
| Rog Clark | Conservative and Unionist Party | Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow |
| Ann Cavanagh | Swale Independents | Borden and Grove Park |
| Mike Baldock | Swale Independents | Borden and Grove Park |
| Alastair Gould | Green Party | Boughton and Courtenay |
| Rich Lehmann | Green Party | Boughton and Courtenay |
| Charlie William Miller | Labour Party | Chalkwell |
| Terry Conrad Thompson | Green Party | East Downs |
| Chris Palmer | Swale Independents | Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch |
| Richard Palmer | Swale Independents | Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch |
| Shelley Cheesman | Labour Party | Homewood |
| Simon Clark | Labour Party | Homewood |
| Ashley Wise | Labour Party | Kemsley |
| Derek William Carnell | Swale Independents | Kemsley |
| Angelica Tereza Valls | Labour Party | Milton Regis |
| Kieran Mishchuk | Reform UK | Milton Regis |
| Tony Winckless | Labour Party | Milton Regis |
| Andy Booth | Conservative and Unionist Party | Minster Cliffs |
| Ken Ingleton | Conservative and Unionist Party | Minster Cliffs |
| Peter MacDonald | Swale Independents | Minster Cliffs |
| Tom Nundy | Swale Independents | Minster Cliffs |
| Carrie Pollard | Swale Independents | Murston |
| James Hall | Swale Independents | Murston |
| Mark Anthony Last | Labour Party | Murston |
| Alex Eyre | Liberal Democrats | Priory |
| Ashley Roy Arthur Shiel | Labour Party | Queenborough and Halfway |
| Mike Whiting | Conservative and Unionist Party | Queenborough and Halfway |
| Peter Marchington | Conservative and Unionist Party | Queenborough and Halfway |
| Karen Anne Watson | Labour Party | Roman |
| Tim Gibson | Labour Party | Roman |
| Angela Harrison | Labour Party | Sheerness |
| Dolley White | Labour Party | Sheerness |
| Hayden Anthony Brawn | Labour Party | Sheerness |
| Elliott Matthew Jayes | Swale Independents | Sheppey Central |
| Mark Tucker | Conservative and Unionist Party | Sheppey Central |
| Peter Neal | Conservative and Unionist Party | Sheppey Central |
| Lee-Anne Moore | Conservative and Unionist Party | Sheppey East |
| Tara Ilana Noe | Conservative and Unionist Party | Sheppey East |
| Carole Jackson | Labour Party | St Ann's |
| Kieran Joseph Michael Golding | Labour Party | St Ann's |
| Julien Peter Speed | Conservative and Unionist Party | Teynham and Lynsted |
| Lloyd Bowen | Conservative and Unionist Party | Teynham and Lynsted |
| James Hunt | Conservative and Unionist Party | The Meads |
| Ben J Martin | Liberal Democrats | Watling |
| Claire Martin | Liberal Democrats | Watling |
| Monique Bonney | Independent | West Downs |
| Paul John Stephen | Swale Independents | Woodstock |
| Sarah Stephen | Swale Independents | Woodstock |
Full profiles are on the council page.
Organisations that share board members
Among the 311 largest charities here with trustee data, 101 are linked to at least one other through 76 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.
- Eleemosynary Charity of William Thatcher and The Ecclesiastical Charity of William Thatcher6 shared board members
- United Charities of Milton Regis and Sir William Stede's Charity4 shared board members
- Borden United Charities Cio and Borden United Charities4 shared board members
- William Drayton's Charity and John Smith's Charity4 shared board members
- The Parochial Church Council of The Eccliastical Parish of St Mary of Charity Faversham Kent and Friends of St Mary of Charity Church, Faversham3 shared board members
- T Musgrave Burton Charity and Thomas Read Memorial3 shared board members
- T Musgrave Burton Charity and Edward Greswold's Charity3 shared board members
- T Musgrave Burton Charity and Mrs Hester Pettman Charity3 shared board members
- Thomas Read Memorial and Edward Greswold's Charity3 shared board members
- Thomas Read Memorial and Mrs Hester Pettman Charity3 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.