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Registered charity · Dorchester

Volunteer Centre Dorset

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £422k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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 5 more
Where
Dorset
Website
www.volunteeringdorset.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Volunteer Centre Dorset
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£422k£479k
  • 2024£464k£494k
  • 2023£596k£512k
Earlier years
  • 2022£530k£407k
  • 2021£405k£303k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 53% · Government grants 15%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO BENEFIT LOCAL COMMUNITIES BY UNDERTAKING VOLUNTARY WORK IN EDUCATION SOCIAL SERVICES AND OTHER AREAS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITY AND ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO DO SO AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY THEREOF):-1) INFORMING GUIDING AND SUPPORTING PERSONS WILLING TO UNDERTAKE VOLUNTARY SERVICE;2) ADVISING AND GUIDING ORGANISATIONS USING VOLUNTEERS; AND3) ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A CENTRE FOR THE CONDUCT OF ITS ACTIVITIES AND AS A MEETING PLACE IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH ACTIVITIES

Grants received

11 grants · £1,123,245 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 £419,7092025-08-27
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,3122024-09-12
  • Spirit of 2012 £23,4002021-06-09
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £310,6932020-12-16
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002020-04-22
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.

8 trustees on the board

1.9y median 1y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

8
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 8Disability 7General Charitable Purposes 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Tech and media 9Arts and leisure 4Other services 2

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£422k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
69%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1113758
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 JANUARY 2006 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 15 APRIL 2009
Companies House
Company number 05685988 · Active
Contact on the register
01305269214 · info@volunteeringdorset.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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