Registered charity · Wareham
Corfe Castle Charity
- 9 trustees
- Income £362k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- John Edward CoverdaleChair · since 2018
- Catherine BennettTrustee · since 2018
- Gillian Mary SellenTrustee · since 2016
- Jonathan Hertslet Lawrence PhillipsTrustee · since 2022
- Kate Elizabeth AnsonTrustee · since 2017
- Major Michael John Ashley BondTrustee
- Nigel DragonTrustee · since 2019
- Oliver Keith BatchelorTrustee · since 2019
- Rev Richard WhiteTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
- Where
- Dorset
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£362k£257k
- 2024£349k£263k
- 2023£331k£246k
Earlier years
- 2022£303k£252k
- 2021£284k£227k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY:1) MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY (INCLUDING THE REPAIR AND INSURANCE OF ANY BUILDINGS THEREON) AND ALL OTHER CHARGES AND OUTGOINGS PAYABLE IN RESPECT THEREOF AND ALL THE PROPER COSTS, CHARGES AND EXPENSES OF AND INCIDENTAL TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CHARITY.2) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME; AND3) IN RELIVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR INTEREST FREE LOANS OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- John Edward Coverdale Chair since 2018
- Catherine Bennett since 2018
- Gillian Mary Sellen since 2016
- Jonathan Hertslet Lawrence Phillips since 2022
- Kate Elizabeth Anson since 2017
- Major Michael John Ashley Bond
- Nigel Dragon since 2019
- Oliver Keith Batchelor since 2019
- Rev Richard White since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- John Edward Coverdale Chair since 2018
- Catherine Bennett since 2018
- Gillian Mary Sellen since 2016
- Kate Elizabeth Anson since 2017
- Nigel Dragon since 2019
- Oliver Keith Batchelor since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- John Edward Coverdale Chair since 2018
- Catherine Bennett since 2018
- Gillian Mary Sellen since 2016
- Kate Elizabeth Anson since 2017
- Nigel Dragon since 2019
- Oliver Keith Batchelor since 2019
- Rev Richard White since 2025
Portfolio (2)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1055846
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME SEALED 15 FEBRUARY 1995 AS AMENDED BY A FURTHER SCHEME 30 MARCH 2006. as amended on 23 Apr 2018
- Contact on the register
- 01929480873 · CCcharity1602@outlook.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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