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Registered charity · Dorset

Sturminster Newton Community Building Trust

Sturminster Newton Community Building Trust is a registered charity (number 1108652) based in Dorset, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Robert Cowley. Latest income £448k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £448k (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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Dorset
Website
stur-exchange.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Sturminster Newton Community Building Trust
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£448k£432k
  • 2024£410k£404k
  • 2023£328k£358k
Earlier years
  • 2022£241k£303k
  • 2021£143k£130k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. TO PROVIDE, IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC AMENITIES IN STURMINSTER NEWTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND TO PROVIDE A PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSES OF :- (I) A PUBLIC MARKET;(II) MEETINGS, LECTURES, CLASSES, PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS, AND OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION OR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF STURMINSTER NEWTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.WITH THE INTENTION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OF CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THE REGENERATION OF STURMINSTER NEWTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA2. TO PROMOTE ANY LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF STURMINSTER NEWTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Grants received

1 grant · £90,000 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £90,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £90,0002005-07-05
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

3.8y median 5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
12.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

6
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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Arts and leisure 6Professional services 3Construction 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£448k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1108652
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 DECEMBER 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 16 MARCH 2005.
Companies House
Company number 05311990 · Active
Contact on the register
01258475137
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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