Common questions about The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust a good charity? +
The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust scores 73 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 79% 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 The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust as a registered charity (charity number 292101). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=292101&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 The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust's charity number? +
The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust's charity number is 292101. 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 The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust's charity rating? +
The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust scores 73 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). 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 The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Chatham Historic Dockyard 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 The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 79% of The Chatham Historic Dockyard 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 The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 21% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 21% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust. The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 5 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (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 The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust receive? +
The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust reported £9.8m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-27). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust based? +
The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust's registered contact address is in Maidstone (ME4 4TZ). It tells the regulator it operates in Medway, with a focus on heritage.
How much is The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 5 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (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 The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust's money come from? +
The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust reported £9.8m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £6.4m (66%), trading and fundraising events £2m (21%), donations and legacies £1.3m (13%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £400.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust? +
The register records The Chatham Historic Dockyard 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 The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust's trustees paid? +
The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits (payments for acting as a trustee). Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust registered as a charity? +
The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust was entered on the register on 10 July 1985. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 01804108).
How does CharityCompare score The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Chatham Historic Dockyard 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 The Chatham Historic Dockyard 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.