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The Dorset Cancer Care Foundation
- 10 trustees
- Income £258k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- MR Christopher John ThomasChair · since 2013
- Diane BirdTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Victor Meirion SzewczykTrustee · since 2020
- Evelina Mary Thomas RGN ONDTrustee · since 2013
- Gordon Francis LewisTrustee · since 2026
- Gwendoline Anne DaleTrustee · since 2025
- Julie BarbaryTrustee · since 2022
- Leslie-MAY Harrison RGN, BSCTrustee · since 2013
- Maria Juliette PrimmerTrustee · since 2026
- Meryl Julie PonsfordTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Dorset
- Website
- www.dccf.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Dorset Cancer Care Foundation
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£258k£207k
- 2024£224k£174k
- 2023£173k£162k
Earlier years
- 2022£164k£86k
- 2021£40k£55k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1 THE PROVISION OF A COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT AND CARE ACTIVITY FOR INDIVIDUAL DORSET BASED CANCER SUFFERERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDENTS.IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY,BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL GRANTS,COUNSELLING SERVICES,SUPPLY OF ITEMS SUCH AS WIGS,SLEEVES PROSTHETICS ETC AND OTHER SUPPORT TO AID THEIR RECOVERY.2TO SUPPORT AND WORK WITH OTHER DORSET BASED CANCER GROUPS, ORGANISATIONS AND HOSPITALS BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO ASSIST IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN CANCER CURE AND MEDCAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER PATIENTS
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.
10 trustees on the board
- MR Christopher John Thomas Chair since 2013
- Diane Bird since 2022
- Dr Victor Meirion Szewczyk since 2020
- Evelina Mary Thomas RGN OND since 2013
- Gordon Francis Lewis since 2026
- Gwendoline Anne Dale since 2025
- Julie Barbary since 2022
- Leslie-MAY Harrison RGN, BSC since 2013
- Maria Juliette Primmer since 2026
- Meryl Julie Ponsford since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- MR Christopher John Thomas Chair since 2013
- Dr Victor Meirion Szewczyk since 2020
- Evelina Mary Thomas RGN OND since 2013
- Leslie-MAY Harrison RGN, BSC since 2013
- Meryl Julie Ponsford since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- MR Christopher John Thomas Chair since 2013
- Diane Bird since 2022
- Dr Victor Meirion Szewczyk since 2020
- Evelina Mary Thomas RGN OND since 2013
- Gwendoline Anne Dale since 2025
- Julie Barbary since 2022
- Leslie-MAY Harrison RGN, BSC since 2013
- Maria Juliette Primmer since 2026
- Meryl Julie Ponsford since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Gordon Francis Lewis since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1151603
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19 DEC 2012
- Companies House
- Company number 08336028 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07593890879 · hello@dccf.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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