The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Dorking Society

Registered charity 1107459 Registered since 2005

Operates: Surrey

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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

5.1y median 4.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

7
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 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8Amateur Sport 1

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 7Business services 1Education 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£58k latest income

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.dorkingsociety.org.uk
Emailtrustees@dorkingsociety.org.uk
Phone01306 871591
AddressDorking Museum, Unit 1, 62 West Street, DORKING, RH4 1BS

Finances

£57,913 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£60,446£39,282
2021£62,087£25,781
2022£59,785£52,461
2023£103,800£117,457
2024£57,913£50,937

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

1) To promote and encourage high standards of architecture, planning and development in the Area of Benefit, and to promote public interest in, and conservation of, the beauty and character of the area and its natural environment.2) To advance education by the maintenance and operation of Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre, including by holding, developing and caring for the Museum's collections for the public benefit.3)To advance the education of the public by promoting and encouraging the study of, and community engagement with, the history of the Area of Benefit via the provision of a local history group

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 MAY 2004.AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 06 SEP 2018 as amended on 31 Jul 2023

Trustees (8)

8trustees
62median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Dorking Society · 05126366 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/05/2004

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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