Registered charity · Bournemouth
The Dorset Deaf Childrens Society
- 12 trustees
- Income £12k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Kevin ForbesChair · since 2016
- JO RidoutTrustee
- Judith MorrisTrustee · since 2016
- Julie Dawn HansfordTrustee · since 2023
- Juliet VineyTrustee · since 2022
- Katie AllanTrustee · since 2022
- Katie BrayTrustee · since 2012
- Kyle BaileyTrustee · since 2025
- Leanne WithefordTrustee · since 2025
- Madeline ForbesTrustee · since 2023
- Pat SaundersTrustee · since 2018
- Shirley SorbieTrustee · since 1992
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Dorset
- Website
- www.dorsetdcs.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£12k£12k
- 2024£16k£18k
- 2023£9k£12k
Earlier years
- 2022£8k£10k
- 2021£13k£4k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO FURTHER IN EVERY WAY ALLOWED BY LAW THE EDUCATION AND RELIEF OF DEAF CHILDREN WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE,RELIGION,CREED,DISABILITY,SEX OR FAMILY CIRCUSTANCES.
Board analysis
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Kevin Forbes Chair since 2016
- JO Ridout
- Judith Morris since 2016
- Julie Dawn Hansford since 2023
- Juliet Viney since 2022
- Katie Bray since 2012
- Katie Allan since 2022
- Kyle Bailey since 2025
- Leanne Witheford since 2025
- Madeline Forbes since 2023
- Pat Saunders since 2018
- Shirley Sorbie since 1992
Trustees past 6 years
- Kevin Forbes Chair since 2016
- Judith Morris since 2016
- Katie Bray since 2012
- Pat Saunders since 2018
- Shirley Sorbie since 1992
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- JO Ridout
- Judith Morris since 2016
- Julie Dawn Hansford since 2023
- Juliet Viney since 2022
- Katie Bray since 2012
- Katie Allan since 2022
- Kyle Bailey since 2025
- Leanne Witheford since 2025
- Madeline Forbes since 2023
- Pat Saunders since 2018
- Shirley Sorbie since 1992
Portfolio (1)
- Kevin Forbes Chair since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1018464
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED MARCH 1971, AMENDED 3RD FEBRUARY 1993 AS AMENDED 16TH JUNE 1993.
- Contact on the register
- 01202769890 · info@dorsetdcs.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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