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Registered charity · Dorset

Dorset Archives Trust

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £55k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Dorset
Website
www.dorsetarchivetrust.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1990

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£55k£31k
  • 2024£30k£10k
  • 2023£16k£15k
Earlier years
  • 2022£13k£7k
  • 2021£11k£37k
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

Board analysis for researchers

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1000142
Status
Registered
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
Contact on the register
01305 250550 · enquiries@dorsetarchivestrust.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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