THANET COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1094701 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The company's activities are the promotion and advancement for the public benefit of urban and rural regeneration in the Isle of Thanet by the releif of poverty and unemployment and the advancement of education and training.

Objects

THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION IN THE ISLE OF THANET BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:-(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT;(B) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT;(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;(D) THE PROVISIONS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTING IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP:-I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESSES, ORII)TO EXISTING BUSINESS(E) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;(F) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;(G) THE PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE;(H) THE PROVISIONS AND MAINTENANCE OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/OR THOSE WHO, BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;(I) THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;(J) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE;(K) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME, AND(L) SUCH OTHER MEANS AND MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

Area of benefit: THANET, KENT

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The provided document is a table of contents for the Thanet Community Development Trust Limited accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026 and does not contain financial data, reserves figures, or trustee remuneration details. Consequently, no assessment of financial health, reserves policy, or related-party transactions can be made from this text alone.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• 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

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)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD JOHN CHAPMANchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• BARBARA ANN SIMS · trustee of 1 other charity
• KEITH SINGLE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ralph Christopher Hoult
• Wendy Jane Morris · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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