# BENSTED'S CHARITY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 287497
- **Other names:** BENSTEAD'S CHARITY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 28, 1983
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=287497


## Contact

- **Address:** THE ALEXANDER CENTRE, 15-17 PRESTON STREET, FAVERSHAM, KENT
- **Postcode:** ME13 8NZ
- **Phone:** 01795859704
- **Email:** office@benstedscharity.org.uk
- **Website:** www.benstedscharity.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) THE RELIEF OF NEED OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT (THE INHABITANTS OF THE SAID AREA BEING HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "THE SAID INHABITANTS"); (2) THE RELIEF OF DISTRESS AMONG THE SAID INHABITANTS; (3) THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT (WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE) OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION; (4) THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS; (5) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE (WHETHER OR NOT OF A NATURE SIMILAR TO ANY OF THOSE HEREINBEFORE SPECIFIED) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID INHABITANTS; PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT SUCH PURPOSES SHALL EXTEND TO THOSE PURPOSES FOR WHICH PROVISION IS MADE OUT OF RATES, TAXES OR OTHER PUBLIC FUNDS, ONLY IF AND TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES FURTHER PROVISION (IN ADDITION TO THOSE MADE OUT OF RATES, TAXES OR OTHER PUBLIC FUNDS) CAN PROPERLY BE MADE FOR SUCH PURPOSES.

**Activities:** GRANTS MADE TO QUALIFIED APPLICANTS FOR THE RELIEF OF OLD, SICK AND INFIRM PERSONS, AND FOR THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.APPLICANTS MUST LIVE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY THE TWENTY-FOUR PARISHES EAST OF TEYNHAM WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF THE BOROUGH OF SWALE.

**Area of benefit:** AREA OF THE FORMER FAVERSHAM UNION




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Amateur Sport, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Kent



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £39097 | £31319 | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | £42741 | £48913 | — | — |
| June 30, 2023 | £38422 | £27813 | — | — |
| June 30, 2022 | £28630 | £74738 | — | — |
| June 30, 2021 | £23377 | £24399 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Cllr Claire Martin** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 22, 2022
- ANDREW BOWLES — appointed July 25, 2005
- ANDREW HAROLD OSBORNE — appointed Aug. 23, 1989
- Alexandra Rosemary Eyre — appointed May 22, 2025
- Cllr Ben Jonathan Martin — appointed June 10, 2019
- Cllr Hannah Amanda Perkin — appointed May 22, 2025
- Cllr Kieran Joseph Michael Golding — appointed July 25, 2023
- David Henry Seymour Simmons — appointed May 22, 2025
- MR MICHAEL COSGROVE — appointed June 27, 2005