MAIDSTONE COMMUNITY SUPPORT CENTRE

Registered charity 295143 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of affordable office accommodation and meeting spaces, support for the local community

Objects

ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN SOUTH EAST ENGLAND AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.

Area of benefit: SOUTH EAST ENGLAND

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net increase in funds of £8,207 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased charitable income which rose by £16,996 compared to the previous year. The charity holds total reserves of £634,354, including £316,770 in completely free general reserves, and maintains a strong financial position with healthy cash balances and no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
• 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02045986 · 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.

• BACON, Carole Ann — director, appointed 25/11/2025on trustee list
• MAIDENS, Susan Amy — director, appointed 26/11/2024on trustee list
• HAWKINS, John Nicholas — director, appointed 21/02/2023on trustee list
• COX, Peter Charles — director, appointed 16/01/2010on trustee list
• TABERER, Rowland John — secretary, appointed 15/09/2014

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• PETER CHARLES COXchair
• Carole Ann Bacon
• John Nicholas Hawkins
• Susan Maidens

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LIFE CHURCH - MAIDSTONE.

• THE LIFE CHURCH - MAIDSTONE income £254k
• MAIDSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH income £144k
• MAIDSTONE ISLAMIC CENTER LIMITED income £178k
• FUSION MAIDSTONE income £332k
• RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY RESOURCE TRUST income £160k
• CAMBORNE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £141k

Side by side with its peers

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