THE FAVERSHAM SOCIETY

Registered charity 1135262 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To preserve the heritage of Faversham and to educate the public accordingly.

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Latest income

£1.2m

Latest spending

£183k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a significant surplus of £1,003,551 for the year, largely driven by the receipt of Arden's House valued at £932,600 and a cash legacy of £125,000. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £831,701, which exceeds the stated policy target of six months' core expenditure, providing financial stability. The charity operates with no paid staff, relying entirely on volunteers, and maintains a healthy cash position of £885,879.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months core expenditure (held: £832k)

“The Trustees consider that an appropriate minimum level of free reserves should be an amount representing six months core expenditure.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by McCabe Ford Williams. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07112241 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

BRENNAN, Hollie Avalon — director, appointed 10/06/2026on trustee list
SPENCER, Jacqueline Rachel, Dr — director, appointed 28/10/2025on trustee list
KNIGHT, Heather — director, appointed 12/06/2025on trustee list
TONGE, Neil — director, appointed 12/06/2025on trustee list
KURT-DICKSON, Aygen — director, appointed 12/06/2025on trustee list
FUREDI, Ann — director, appointed 30/04/2024on trustee list
ALLISON, Leigh — director, appointed 24/05/2023on trustee list
SECKER, Jane Louise, Dr — director, appointed 01/06/2022on trustee list
WEST, Jan — director, appointed 07/09/2021not on trustee list
HATCHWELL, Matthew Charles — director, appointed 28/09/2020on trustee list
CAREY, Jonathan Reynolds — director, appointed 24/05/2017on trustee list
STONOR, Timothy Dominic — director, appointed 22/06/2016not on trustee list
WOOTTON, Heather — director, appointed 24/07/2015on trustee list
GOODWIN, Harold John — director, appointed 15/07/2015on trustee list
SALMON, Anne Lucy — director, appointed 30/12/2009on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £55k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£183k

Reserves (reported)

£450k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~29.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/05/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (17/05/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Ann Furedichair
ANNE SALMON
Dr Aygen Kurt-Dickson
Dr Jacqueline Spencer
Dr Jane Louise Secker · trustee of 1 other charity
HEATHER WOOTTON
Harold Goodwin
Heather Knight
Hollie Brennan
Janice West · trustee of 2 other charities
Jonathan Reynolds Carey
Leigh Allison
Matthew Hatchwell
Neil Tonge
TIM STONOR

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.2m	£183k
31/12/2024	£125k	£98k
31/12/2023	£119k	£96k
31/12/2022	£567k	£111k
31/12/2021	£117k	£95k

Common questions

Is THE FAVERSHAM SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a significant surplus of £1,003,551 for the year, largely driven by the receipt of Arden's House valued at £932,600 and a cash legacy of £125,000. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £831,701, which exceeds the stated policy target of six months' core expenditure, providing financial stability. The charity operates with no paid staff, relying entirely on volunteers, and maintains a healthy cash position of £885,879. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by McCabe Ford Williams.

Who funds THE FAVERSHAM SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FAVERSHAM SOCIETY as a grant recipient include JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£20k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£10k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/12/2009	£283k	"No.12 Preston Street: The Place Between"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/03/2007	£50k	"A Georgian Shopfront Comes Home"
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/03/2006	£5k	Fleur de Lis Gallery & Museum
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/03/2006	£5k	"With Help From A Lottery Grant The Faversham Society Will Commemorate The 750 Years Since The Town Had Its First Mayor. The Group Will Produ"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/07/2005	£676	"An Award Has Been Made To The Faversham Society To Allow Them To Carry Out A Oral History Project In Recognition Of The 60th Anniversary Of"
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/07/2005	£11k	Faversham on Home Watch
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/12/2004	£5k	"The Faversham Society Will Produce An Exhibition To Celebrate The Battle Of Trafalgar On It'S 200th Anniversary. Local Schools Will Be Encou"
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/12/2004	£5k	Battle of Trafalgar celebration
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/09/2003	£24k	"A Courtyard Interpretation of Faversham's Natural & Built Environment"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/09/2003	£50k	"Interpreting Faversham's Industrial Past - The Vital Link"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/07/2003	£4k	"This Registered Charity Protects, Promotes And Interprets The History Of Faversham And The Surrounding Area. As Part Of The Town'S Annual F"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/03/2002	£5k	"This group provides information on and organises activities in and around Faversham and to commemorate the Golden Jubilee it will arrange an"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/05/2000	£4k	"This group works to preserve and promote the town and heritage of Faversham. They will put on a play which will depict the life of Thomas Ar"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/03/1999	£633k	"Fleur de Lis Centre, Faversham"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/01/1999	£20k	"Faversham 2000: A Millennium Video"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/09/1997	£26k	"Fleur De Lis Heritage Centre, Faversham - Development Study"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST	2	£114k
QUEENBOROUGH FISHERY TRUST	2	£10k
EDWARD VINSON 1957 CHARITY SETTLEMENT	1	£20k
THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION	1	£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FAVERSHAM MUNICIPAL CHARITIES 2010.

THE FAVERSHAM MUNICIPAL CHARITIES 2010 income £2.5m
WEST FAVERSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £1.1m
FAVERSHAM SWIMMING POOLS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE LTD income £1.5m
FAVERSHAM STRIKE FORCE FC income £205k
THE FARRER FAMILY TRUST income £282k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT PETER FARNBOROUGH income £703k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FAVERSHAM SOCIETY	£1.2m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE FAVERSHAM MUNICIPAL CHARITIES 2010 FY2025	£2.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST FAVERSHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FAVERSHAM SWIMMING POOLS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE LTD FY2025	£1.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FAVERSHAM STRIKE FORCE FC FY2025	£205k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FARRER FAMILY TRUST FY2025	£282k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.