Common questions about Chatham Maritime Trust's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Chatham Maritime Trust a good charity? +
Chatham Maritime Trust scores 79 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 99% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Chatham Maritime Trust a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Chatham Maritime Trust as a registered charity (charity number 1055710). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1055710&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Chatham Maritime Trust's charity number? +
Chatham Maritime Trust's charity number is 1055710. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Chatham Maritime Trust's charity rating? +
Chatham Maritime Trust scores 79 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Chatham Maritime Trust have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Chatham Maritime Trust. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Chatham Maritime Trust? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 99% of Chatham Maritime Trust's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Chatham Maritime Trust's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 1% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 2% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Chatham Maritime Trust. Chatham Maritime Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £120,001–£130,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Chatham Maritime Trust receive? +
Chatham Maritime Trust reported £2.1m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Chatham Maritime Trust's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-05). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Chatham Maritime Trust based? +
Chatham Maritime Trust's registered contact address is in Maidstone (ME4 3ES). It tells the regulator it operates in Medway, with a focus on environment.
How much is Chatham Maritime Trust's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Chatham Maritime Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £120,001–£130,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Chatham Maritime Trust's money come from? +
Chatham Maritime Trust reported £2.1m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £1.1m (55%), investments £932k (45%), other income £8,417 (0%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Chatham Maritime Trust? +
The register records Chatham Maritime Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Chatham Maritime Trust's trustees paid? +
Chatham Maritime Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Chatham Maritime Trust previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for Chatham Maritime Trust: Chatham Medway Limited.
When was Chatham Maritime Trust registered as a charity? +
Chatham Maritime Trust was entered on the register on 30 May 1996. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 02913375).
How does CharityCompare score Chatham Maritime Trust? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Chatham Maritime Trust's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Chatham Maritime Trust's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.