KENT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Charity number: 1084361
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Foundation encourages and enables a culture of effective giving to support thriving local communities. In the main, we raise and distribute funds to meet the needs of the community in Kent and Medway. We act as a bridge between good causes in the county and individuals and organisations with the means and commitment to support them.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income:
£6,855,852

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Donations and legacies £5.56m
Charitable activities £0
Other trading activities £0
Investments £1.30m
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£5,504,784

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Raising funds £121.69k
Charitable activities £5.38m
Other £0

-£1,666,378 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £612,456 from 4 government grant(s)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £121.69k
Charitable expenditure £5.38m
Retained for future use £1.35m

People

16 Employee(s)

10 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£90k to £100k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Accommodation/housing
  • Religious Activities
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Amateur Sport
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Other Finance
Where the charity operates:
  • Kent
  • Medway

Governance

Registration history:
  • 05 January 2001: Standard registration
  • 14 March 2014: Funds received from 206447 THE HAWKENBURY TRUST
  • 21 July 2014: Funds received from 228825 THE RAINHAM PAROCHIAL CHARITY
  • 23 January 2017: Funds received from 1033889 WEALD OF KENT VOCATIONAL FUND
  • 29 August 2019: Funds received from 208213 THE FRANCES SMITH AND CLAY COTTAGE TRUST
  • 04 January 2023: Funds received from 1087538 CITIZENS' RIGHTS FOR OLDER PEOPLE
  • 12 January 2023: Funds received from 298219 THE NEAL FOUNDATION
  • 29 June 2023: Funds received from 1180269 ASHFORD YOUTH TRUST
  • 24 August 2023: Funds received from 302828 RUCKINGE VILLAGE HALL
  • 13 February 2024: Funds received from 1176239 ACORNS READ AND GROW
  • 05 March 2024: Funds received from 263159 SIR CHARLES JESSEL CHARITABLE TRUST
  • 13 May 2024: Funds received from 1180151 THE SOLVE CHARITY FOR MENTAL HEALTH
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Penelope Jane Harris Trustee 28 February 2025
None on record
TREVOR JOHN MINTER Trustee 28 July 2023
None on record
Cheryl Wing-Han Chan Trustee 28 July 2023
None on record
Kruti Shrotri Trustee 06 August 2021
None on record
Munyaradzi Badze Trustee 06 August 2021
None on record
Russell John Race Trustee 11 September 2020
SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time
THE WARDENS AND ASSISTANTS OF ROCHESTER BRIDGE IN THE COUNTY OF KENT
Received: On time
JUBILEE MASTER'S LODGE NO 2712 BENEVOLENT FUND
Received: On time
THE LONDON GRAND RANK ASSOCIATION HERITAGE AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST
Received: On time
THE JUBILEE MASTERS LODGE CENTENARY TRUST
Received: On time
Gail Alexandra Hall Trustee 07 June 2019
PHYLLIS ASPINALL FOUNDATION
Received: On time
MARDEN DEMENTIA FRIENDLY COMMUNITY (WITH LIVING MEMORIES)
Received: 33 days late
Dr Emilia Falcetti Trustee 05 May 2018
None on record
Lord Robert Sackville-West Trustee 05 May 2017
None on record
Hugo Fenwick Trustee 06 November 2015
THE MARGATE SCHOOL CIO
Received: On time
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL TRUST FUND
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £5.35m £6.45m £6.02m £5.00m £5.39m
Total expenditure £4.52m £6.38m £5.52m £6.23m £5.50m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £203.34k £535.00k £1.06m £530.56k £612.46k
Income - Donations and legacies £7.77m £5.99m £5.10m £5.04m £5.56m
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Endowments £318.48k £458.75k £76.13k £1.08m £1.47m
Income - Investment £903.47k £919.92k £997.58k £1.05m £1.30m
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £4.40m £6.26m £5.38m £6.08m £5.38m
Expenditure - Raising funds £121.63k £116.41k £131.29k £143.21k £121.69k
Expenditure - Governance £12.34k £23.85k £27.28k £31.14k £11.55k
Expenditure - Grants institution £3.24m £4.66m £3.78m £4.52m £3.74m
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Long-term investments £22.14m £26.65m £27.86m £26.92m £30.28m
Other assets £4.85m £5.12m £6.11m £5.29m £5.38m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £629.49k £735.48k £788.71k £772.01k £755.57k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 07 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 07 November 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 20 December 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 20 December 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 30 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 30 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 02 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 02 December 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 21 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 21 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/10/2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/01/2012

Charitable objects

3 THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY ARE ESTABLISHED ARE: 3.1 THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTY OF KENT AND THE BOROUGH OF MEDWAY AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS; 3.2 OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE WHICH ARE IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING THOSE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

COUNTY OF KENT, BOROUGH OF MEDWAY, UNITED KINGDOM, AND ELSEWHERE.

Contact information

Address:
Evegate Park Barn
Evegate
ASHFORD
Kent
TN25 6SX
Phone:
01303814500
Email:
admin@kentcf.org.uk
Website:

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