The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Dorchester Arts

Registered charity 1015546 Registered since 1992

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.

8 trustees on the board

2.5y median 2.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
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 8

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

Arts and leisure 8Hospitality 1Retail and trade 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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£559k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

6
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.dorchesterarts.org.uk
Emailenquiries@dorchesterarts.org.uk
Phone01305266926
AddressThe Corn Exchange, High East St, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1HF

Finances

£559,134 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£205,288£133,095
2022£338,877£238,266
2023£412,074£460,256
2024£457,705£471,757
2025£559,134£545,863

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

1) TO PROMOTE MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA BALLET MUSIC SINGING LITERATURE SCULPTURE PAINTING PHOTOGRAPHY AND CINEMATOGRAPHY IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET 2) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES TO OTHER BODIES IN THE AREA OF OPERATION OF THE COMPANY FOR THE HOLDING OF EXHIBITIONS MEETINGS LECTURES CLASSES SEMINARS AND TRAINING COURSES WHICH FURTHER PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/10/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/10/2011NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 29/10/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 14/11/2012

Trustees (8)

8trustees
66median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Dorchester Arts · 02752793 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 02/10/1992

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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