The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Sherborne Steam and Waterwheel Centre

Registered charity 1099153 Registered since 2003

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.

5 trustees on the board

7.5y median 7y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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
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incomespending£3k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.sswc.co.uk
Emailgeoffreyward624@aol.com
Phone01963250206
AddressMARGALLA, HIGHER GUNVILLE, MILBORNE PORT, SHERBORNE, DT9 5AW

Finances

£3,261 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,254£3,118
2022£3,074£2,655
2023£22,702£2,231
2024£19,673£36,824
2025£3,261£4,272

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

(1) THE RESTORATION, PRESERVATION AND UPKEEP OF THE FABRIC OF THE WATER WHEEL, ASSOCIATED ARTEFACTS AND BUILDINGS INCLUDING LISTED BUILDINGS PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS CASTLETON WATERWHEEL MUSEUM FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN SHERBORNE AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, SUCH ARTEFACTS AND BUILDINGS BEING OF HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL IMPORTANCE. (2) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY SPECIFIC TO WATER SUPPLIES MATTERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY OF SHERBORNE. (3) THE RESTORATION, PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT STEAM ENGINES, PUMPS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY OF ENGINEERING WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ENGINES MANUFACTURED NEAR OR WITH HISTORIC CONNECTIONS TO SHERBORNE AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 01/12/2002AS AMENDED ON 11/04/2005AS AMENDED ON 27/04/2012AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 09 JUN 2017

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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