Wessex Astronomical Society

Registered charity 1123856 Registered since 2008

Operates: Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

8.2y median 7y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

8.1y

average years in governance

9 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Environment/conservation/heritage 9

Commercial experience

Health and social care 1

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Contact

Website	www.wessex-astro.org.uk
Email	contact@wessex-astro.org.uk
Phone	01202 601801
Address	Corner Cottage, Blandford Road, Corfe Mullen, WIMBORNE, Dorset, BH21 3HE

Finances

£4,140 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,610	£1,488
2022	£3,460	£2,173
2023	£4,877	£2,649
2024	£3,825	£3,235
2025	£4,140	£3,563

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

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

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND INTEREST IN THE SCIENCE OF ASTRONOMY AND RELATED SCIENCES AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND PURSUIT OF OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 6 NOVEMBER 2007 as amended on 01 Oct 2024 as amended on 01 Oct 2024 as amended on 07 Jul 2026

Trustees (9)

9trustees

0aged 70+

Kate Louisa Eiloart Chair since 2021
Andy John Webster since 2022
Charles Christian Young since 2013
Frank Geoffrey Horton since 2022
Genevra Hazel D'Arcy since 2022
Neill Mitchell since 2015
Paul Snell since 2013
Phillip Lucas since 2019
Robert James Bevis Hatch since 2013

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