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Registered charity · Weymouth

Weymouth Civic Society

The Society's objects ("Objects") are specifically restricted to the following within the boundaries of Weymouth and Portland Town Councils and its surrounding areas:-4.1 to stimulate public interest in the Area ("the Area"); 4.2 to promote high...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £811k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Dorset
Website
www.weymouthcivicsociety.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Weymouth Civic Society
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£811k£761k
  • 2024£923k£849k
  • 2022£505k£441k
Earlier years
  • 2021£439k£463k
  • 2020£356k£352k

Income trend, 2020 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 21%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The Society's objects ("Objects") are specifically restricted to the following within the boundaries of Weymouth and Portland Town Councils and its surrounding areas:-4.1 to stimulate public interest in the Area ("the Area"); 4.2 to promote high standards of planning and architecture in the Area; 4.3 to secure the preservation, protection, development and improvement of features of historic, public, natural or environmental interest in the Area; and 4.4 to acquire buildings of historic interest in the Area with a view to their maintenance and long term preservation and to open such buildings to the public with a view to increasing its appreciation and understanding of the local heritage;and 4.5 to undertake any relevant activities to further these objectives insofar as they shall be charitable. 4.6 to operate museums

Grants received

7 grants · £2,446,221 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 Heritage Fund · £2,052,196 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £334,025 (2 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £50,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000

Most recent

  • Garfield Weston Foundation £50,0002026-01-14
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £320,0002023-02-16
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £14,0252021-01-05
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £79,3002020-08-17
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002019-05-31
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

3.4y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.9y
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.

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 11Retail and trade 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2024
2025
incomespending£811k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

8.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 15.9 in 2020

16 from 15 in 2022
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1148603
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10/07/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 21/01/2013 as amended on 09 Mar 2020 as amended on 24 Mar 2021
Companies House
Company number 08137463 · Active
Contact on the register
01305776541 · info@weymouthcivicsociety.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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