INVOLVE KENT
Registered charity 1066911 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAIDSTONE VOLUNTEER BUREAU, VOLUNTARY ACTION MAIDSTONE
To improve health, empowering people and communities to live well and tackling the root causes of ill health including isolation, loneliness, disadvantage and frailty.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £3,301,321, with £1,387,095 designated as operational reserves to ensure the charity could be wound up in a worst-case scenario. The charity reported a net income of £896,259 for the year, resulting in a total net asset position of £4,113,736. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Charitable activities - Grants and service delivery contracts (99% of income)
“Income from grants and service delivery contracts 4,729,285 767,784 5,497,069” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: D Simmons, a trustee, is employed at MetroBank, supplier of banking services to the Charity.
“D Simmons, a trustee, is employed at MetroBank, supplier of banking services to the Charity. D Simmons resigned as a trustee on 18 May 2025.” — page 50
“R Hewett, a trustee, is a Director at NHS Kent and Medway, who provide funding to the Charity.” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: R Hewett, a trustee, is a Director at NHS Kent and Medway, who provide funding to the Charity.
“D Simmons, a trustee, is employed at MetroBank, supplier of banking services to the Charity. D Simmons resigned as a trustee on 18 May 2025.” — page 50
“R Hewett, a trustee, is a Director at NHS Kent and Medway, who provide funding to the Charity.” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Dr M Varshney, a trustee, is a Director at NHS Kent and Medway, who provide funding to the Charity.
“D Simmons, a trustee, is employed at MetroBank, supplier of banking services to the Charity. D Simmons resigned as a trustee on 18 May 2025.” — page 50
“R Hewett, a trustee, is a Director at NHS Kent and Medway, who provide funding to the Charity.” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Burgess Hodgson Audit Limited. Discloses 3 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.
- LONGLAND, Vandana Kathuria — director, appointed 18/11/2025on trustee list
- ADENAIKE, Felix Aderemi — director, appointed 18/11/2025on trustee list
- BENFIELD, Richard — director, appointed 18/11/2025on trustee list
- VARSHNEY, Malti, Dr — director, appointed 29/10/2024on trustee list
- FENN, Jonathan Mark — director, appointed 18/01/2024on trustee list
- HATHAWAY-BATT, Shelley Louise — director, appointed 18/01/2023on trustee list
- O'DONOGHUE, Deirdre Mary — director, appointed 08/12/2021on trustee list
- HEWETT, Rachel — director, appointed 16/11/2020on trustee list
- FAIRHURST, Andrew David — director, appointed 14/10/2018not on trustee list
- BENNETT, John Frederick Pemberton — director, appointed 14/10/2018on trustee list
- WELLS, Gary Stuart — secretary, appointed 01/04/2023
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~8.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Andy Fairhurst
- Deirdre O'Donoghue
- Dr Malti Varshney
- Felix Adenaike
- John Bennett
- Jonathan Mark Fenn
- Rachel Hewett
- Richard Benfield
- Shelley Hathaway-Batt
- Vandana Longland
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is INVOLVE KENT financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £3,301,321, with £1,387,095 designated as operational reserves to ensure the charity could be wound up in a worst-case scenario. The charity reported a net income of £896,259 for the year, resulting in a total net asset position of £4,113,736. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Burgess Hodgson Audit Limited.
Who funds INVOLVE KENT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name INVOLVE KENT as a grant recipient include THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST, BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATION, CANTIACORUM FOUNDATION, THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST, Moto Foundation.
Known funders
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