Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Overall weighted support: +8
    Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

    KENT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

    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.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has an endowment fund which generates much of its income. Its latest spending amounts to 15.8% of total funds
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit £k
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/24£5,386£5,505£-119£122£34,911£5371.2160
    31/03/23£5,005£6,225£-1,221£143£31,438£6461.2150
    31/03/22£6,018£5,515£503£131£33,175£5901.3150
    31/03/21£6,454£6,381£73£116£31,038£5411140
    31/03/20?£5,351£4,518£832£122£26,363£4161.1110
    31/03/18£2,926£3,515£-589£98£22,157£3571.2110
    31/03/17£2,474£2,408£66£118£21,980£3491.790
    31/03/16£3,362£2,911£451£119£15,128£3231.390
    31/03/15£2,912£3,101£-189£146£14,930£2941.180
    31/03/14£4,993£5,986£-993£121£12,295£2660.570
    31/03/13£3,531£2,480£1,051£116£11,035£1710.860
    31/03/12£5,354£4,328£1,026£98£8,635£1270.480
    31/03/11£3,783£2,852£931£74£6,790£700.350
    31/03/10£6,034£3,302£2,732£158£5,727£510.240
    31/03/09£2,336£1,467£869£163£2,442£1351.160
    31/03/08£3,075£2,971£104£153£1,838£1510.660
    31/03/07£1,992£1,583£409£138£1,906£1431.160
    31/03/06£1,968£1,482£486n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/05£1,695£1,609£86n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/04£1,318£1,196£121n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
    Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 2%
    Liabilities/Income: 14%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 2%
    Reserves/Spending: 1.2 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
    Quick Ratio: 6
    Asset Split ?
    Balance Sheet History
    Established: 24 years

    www.kentcf.org.uk

    admin@kentcf.org.uk

    01303814500

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Accommodation/Housing
    • Amateur Sport
    • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Disability
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    • Recreation
    • Religious Activities
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Grant-making foundations
    How it operates
    • Makes grants to individuals
    • Makes grants to organisations
    • Provides other finance
    Where it operates
    • Kent, Medway,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind

    Who supports them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    Dulverton Trust£110,332
    Department for Transport£93,500
    Prudence Trust£34,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Department for Transport - LTC's Community Fund Pilot
    £93,500 26/01/2023
    A pilot of a community investment programme that would meet the objectives of the Designated Funds users and communities fund, and environment and wellbeing fund, through small grants awarded to local communities by an independent not-for-profit ....more
    Prudence Trust - Youth mental health projects in Kent
    £34,000 26/05/2022
    Mental health projects for young people (11-25) in Kent. (KCF to regrant our funds as small grants to grassroots organisations.)
    Dulverton Trust - Kent Dulverton Fund 2022-23
    £110,332 28/10/2021
    Kent Dulverton Fund 2022-23
    Dulverton Trust - Kent Dulverton Fund 2019-22
    £307,500 25/10/2018
    Kent Dulverton Fund 2019-22

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (12)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees: 34-78
    • CHERYL WING-HAN CHAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
    • DR EMILIA FALCETTI Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Analyst Consultant
    • GAIL ALEXANDRA HALL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor
    • GEAROID MAGUIRE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Equity, Diversity And Inclusion Practice Manager
    • HUGO FENWICK Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Company Director
    • KRUTI SHROTRI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Policy
    • LORD ROBERT SACKVILLE-WEST Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Publishing, Estate Management
    • MELISSA BARON MURDOCH Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Investor
    • MUNYARADZI BADZE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Enterprise Coordinator
    • RUSSELL JOHN RACE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
    • SAMANTHA COOPER-GRAY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Bank Manager
    • TREVOR JOHN MINTER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: None
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/01/2001, number: 1084361
    • Registered at Companies House on 12/10/2000, number: 04088589
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Fundraising Regulator
    First registered: 09/01/2016, current status: Large charity (levy paid)
    Event History
    Policies in force
    • 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
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; all on time
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from CITIZENS' RIGHTS FOR OLDER PEOPLE on 04/01/2023
    Main office

    Evegate Park Barn
    Evegate
    ASHFORD
    Kent
    TN25 6SX

    Objectives

    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.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

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

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    Charizone

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