The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Dorset Archives Trust

Registered charity 1000142 Registered since 1990

Operates: Dorset

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7.2y median 9y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (4)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11Education/training 2Economic/community Development/employment 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 2Education 2Other services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£55k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.dorsetarchivetrust.org
Emailenquiries@dorsetarchivestrust.org
Phone01305 250550
AddressC/O Dorset History Centre, Bridport Road, DORCHESTER, Dorset, DT1 1RP

Finances

£55,276 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£10,729£37,391
2022£12,570£6,654
2023£15,817£14,991
2024£29,896£9,880
2025£55,276£31,466

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION OF THE PRESERVATION OF DORSET'S ARCHIVES AND BY THE SUPPORT ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ARCHIVES SITUATED AT THE DORSET HISTORY CENTRE THROUGH THE ACTIVITY OF A GROUP OF MEMBERS

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 26/06/1990AS AMENDED ON 24/06/2009AS AMENDED ON 25/02/2012AS AMENDED ON 12 MAY 2016 as amended on 20 Jul 2020 as amended on 26 May 2022

Trustees (12)

12trustees
73median age
3aged 70+

Connected charities (6)

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