Aylesham Community Trust
Registered charity 1050794 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AYLESHAM AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY WORKSHOP TRUST, AYLESHAM COMMUNITY PROJECT
We are a Charitable Business and our activities include:Providing community, training and business facilities. We have a range of training, conferencing, industrial units, office and recreational spaces available to rent.Supporting community services and groups from the local area including the former mining villages of Dover and Canterbury.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net income increase to £114,868 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds rising to £397,965. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintained high occupancy and secured multiple grants, though it faced challenges from cost-of-living pressures and funding competition.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Charitable activities (74% of income)
“Charitable activities 3 188,077 132,888 320,965” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Batchelor Coop Ltd (independent examiner) - Rent charged to the examiner.
“During the year the company charged rent of £3,900 (2024 - £3,900) to Batchelor Coop Ltd. These transactions were carried out at arms length on normal commercial terms, At the balance sheet date the amount due to Batchelor Coop Ltd was £348 (2024 - £288).” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- WILLIAMS, Carys Nia — director, appointed 28/11/2023on trustee list
- MAMJAN, Shehrazade Maria — director, appointed 28/11/2023on trustee list
- FLAIG, Jonathan Edward — director, appointed 30/11/2021on trustee list
- DUFFIELD, Carol — director, appointed 30/11/2021on trustee list
- BOTT, Susan Mary — director, appointed 15/10/2020on trustee list
- RATCLIFFE, Nicholas Hugh Bernard, Reverend — director, appointed 01/08/2020on trustee list
- BARNES, Emily — secretary, appointed 30/11/2022
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin
- Susan Bottchair
- Carol Duffield
- Carys Williams
- Jonathan Edward Flaig · trustee of 1 other charity
- Rev Nicholas Ratcliffe
- Shehrazade Maria Saraiva Mamjan
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Kent
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Aylesham Community Trust financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income increase to £114,868 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds rising to £397,965. Per the trustees' report, the organization maintained high occupancy and secured multiple grants, though it faced challenges from cost-of-living pressures and funding competition. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds Aylesham Community Trust?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Aylesham Community Trust as a grant recipient include THE COALFIELDS REGENERATION TRUST.
Known funders
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