Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

KENT ENTERPRISE TRUST

Founded in 1983 Kent Enterprise Trust continues its mission in support of the disadvantaged and vulnerable in East Kent. We work to increase peoples' skills, counter social isolation and move people into or nearer to employment or starting their own business. From our purpose built conference and training centre we deliver a wide range of free training courses supported by multiple funders.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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£113£113£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£121£121£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£81£80£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£143£864£-721n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£169£181£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£148£159£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£148£187£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£143£169£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£202£216£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£334£431£-97n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£293£383£-91n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£333£453£-120n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£582£432£151£6£1,121£1,12131.1100
31/03/10£271£282£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09?£204£292£-88n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/07£126£186£-59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/06£77£198£-121n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/05£104£194£-89n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/04£113£239£-126n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 40 years

www.kententerprisetrust.org

info@enterprisetrust.org

01843 855155

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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
Garfield Weston Foundation£35,000
National Lottery Community Fund£30,000
Henry Smith Charity£20,000
DCMS£10,000
Charles Hayward Foundation£5,000
Co-Operative Group£4,631
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund£3,000
Woodward Charitable Trust£1,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,500 27/10/2023
Core costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kent Enterprise Trust
£2,008 21/10/2023
We would like to bring people together to learn to cook and meet new friends, reducing loneliness, isolation and food poverty in the area. Funding will allow us to provide these sessions for free.
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Cost Costs
£750 13/09/2023
Grant to Kent Enterprise Trust
National Lottery Community Fund - First Aid for All
£10,000 17/02/2023
The funding will be used to deliver accredited First Aid training for adults that are out of work. The project aims to provide participants with skills that will improve their employability and develop life-saving skills.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Kent Enterprise Trust
£20,000 22/09/2022
24
towards two years' running costs of an organisation providing employment support and training for people who are unemployed in Kent.
National Lottery Community Fund - New Beginnings
£10,000 17/12/2021
The funding will support people into training and employment. Beneficiaries include those suffering multiple disadvantages who may be care leavers ex-offenders veterans or those physically or mentally impaired. They can self refer and be referred ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 03/12/2021
Core Costs to Improve our Ability to Support East Kent
National Lottery Community Fund - Herne Bay Job Club
£10,000 12/01/2021
12
The funding will be used to create a Job Club to help people struggling to find work through one-to-one and group employability support with an experienced tutor in the North Thanet area.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Kent Enterprise Trust
£5,000 21/12/2020
Thanet seniors social clubs and life skills courses
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kent Enterprise Trust
£2,623 24/10/2020
We would like to provide free training to help unemployed people gain skills and confidence to secure employment and wellbeing.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 05/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 22/05/2020
Core Funding
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Kent Enterprise Trust
£3,000 25/02/2020
12
Small Grant unrestricted core costs
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Kent Enterprise Trust
£17,000 13/03/2019
24
towards two years' running costs of the 'Kent Enterprise Gardens project', providing employment support and training to unemployed people in Kent
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Gardening (Herne Bay)
£10,000 19/07/2018
11
The project will create a new community gardening project. The aim is to provide a space for individuals to improve their local environment, bring people together of all ages and abilities, share skills and knowledge to promote good health and ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Kent Enterprise Trust
£15,000 07/12/2017
12
Towards the training of the CEO and Trustees to complement a service and strategic review and improvement plan.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Kent Enterprise Trust
£6,500 07/09/2017
12
towards one year's running costs of a project providing employment support to disadvantaged people in Kent
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 80-81
  • BARBARA ANN SIMS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • KEITH SINGLE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Accountant
  • RICHARD JOHN CHAPMAN (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • RALPH CHRISTOPHER HOULT Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/10/1984, number: 290211
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/05/1984, number: 01816116
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Kemps Accounting Solutions Ltd
42A High Street
BROADSTAIRS
Kent
CT10 1JT

Objectives

I. TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING OR RETRAINING OR ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.II. TO ASSIST PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND WHO ARE PREPARING FOR, ENTERING UPON OR ENGAGED IN ANY PROFESSION, CRAFT, TRADE OR OCCUPATION BY PROVIDING THEM WITH TRAINING, AND/OR OPPORTUNITIES TO OBTAIN WORK EXPERIENCE AND TO ACQUIRE OUTFITS, TOOLS, BOOKS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AND ASSISTANCE FOR THEIR ADVANCE IN LIFE TO ENABLE THEM TO EARN A LIVING. III. TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL AND/OR PHYSICAL HANDICAP OR DISABILITY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUG RELATED ABUSE, BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING OCCUPATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE BE ENHANCED.IV TO PROVIDE VOCATIONAL TRAINING

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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