CHATHAM MARITIME TRUST

Registered charity 1055710 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHATHAM MEDWAY LIMITED

Management and maintenance of the 350 acre Chatham Maritime Estate, including its public parks and play areas; flood defences and riverside walks; bridges, roadways, cycleways and footpaths; public art and monuments.Support for community groups, activities, and organisations at Chatham Maritime, in the wider Medway Towns and its neighbourhood.

Objects

1.1 To provide or to assist in the provision of amenities primarily for the benefit of citizens of the Medway Towns in the County of Kent and generally for the benefit of the public and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing to undertake management and maintenance responsibilities of the Chatham Maritime Estate (Development);1.2 To provide or to assist in providing facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation in or in connection with the Development and its neighbourhood, such facilities being provided with the object of improving the conditions of life for the inhabitants of the local community1.3 To educate and assist young persons and other members of the community of the Medway Towns and its neighbourhood through their leisure time activities so as to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities and so that their conditions of life may be improved and in furtherance of that object to provide at the facilities to be provided by the Charity, lectures, classes and training facilities which will be made available to the public using such facilities.1.4 To undertake such other charitable purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales as the Trustees may from time to time determine.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE GILLINGHAM, ROCHESTER AND SURROUNDING AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Medway, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves increased to £26,454,721, with unrestricted reserves standing at £22,046,531. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £505,758 for the year, supported by significant investment gains. The trustees confirmed there is no material uncertainty regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

29 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (29 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~12.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (55% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY PHILLIP SUTTONchair
• Christopher Reynolds
• DEBORAH JEAN SIMS CEng FCIHT
• Habib Odunlamin Sulaiman Tejan
• KELLY JANE TOLHURST MP
• Louise Humphrey
• Matthew Brown
• Mona Koshkouei
• Mr Bob Russell
• Paul Barnard · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Curry
• Siobhan Roberta Draper
• Tanya Louise Ferry · trustee of 1 other charity
• WILLIAM MITCHELL · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Medway

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