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Registered charity · Stoke-on-Trent

The Dove Service

The Dove Service is a registered charity (number 1086625) based in Stoke-on-Trent, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Simon William Knock since 2019. Latest income £562k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £562k (2025)
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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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Where
Wirral, Cheshire East, Staffordshire, Derby City and more
Website
www.thedoveservice.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Dove Service
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£562k£515k
  • 2024£592k£563k
  • 2023£631k£612k
Earlier years
  • 2022£650k£497k
  • 2021£544k£489k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 19%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES (“OBJECTS”) ARE AS FOLLOWS:(I) TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A SKILLED COUNSELLING SERVICE (APPROPRIATE TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS) THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES (AND ESPECIALLY PERSONS LIVING IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD) WHO:(A) HAVE SUFFERED AND/OR BEEN AFFECTED BY BEREAVEMENT; OR (B) ARE FACING A LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS; OR(C) ARE FACING A SERIOUS LIFE CHANGING LOSS.(II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO:(A) GRIEVING AND BEREAVEMENT;(B) LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS;(C) SERIOUS LIFE CHANGING LOSS.

Grants received

13 grants · £2,451,899 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,4992024-02-09
  • Cheshire Community Foundation £10,0652021-11-05
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £460,2322021-08-06
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £49,3222020-05-15
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,8442019-03-15
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.

6 trustees on the board

3.3y median 3.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

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

Health and social care 4

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£562k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

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

25 from 29 in 2021
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1086625
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/08/1998AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 02/11/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20/09/2012
Companies House
Company number 03613893 · Active
Contact on the register
01782 914455 · enquiries@thedoveservice.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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