Registered charity · Swanage
Swanage and Purbeck Development Trust
- 9 trustees
- Income £385k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Alexandria BrocklesbyTrustee · since 2025
- Annabel Patience EadyTrustee · since 2025
- Desmond Richard Robin SutcliffeTrustee · since 2015
- Dr Deborah Jane EvansTrustee · since 2025
- Frank Edmund RobertsTrustee · since 2023
- Melvyn Leslie NorrisTrustee · since 2014
- Robert FosterTrustee · since 2014
- Robin James Sinclair TaylorTrustee · since 2015
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- Susan Margaret YounghusbandTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 4 other charities:
- Days Park Centre · 1 shared trustee
- Friends of ST Peter's, Church Knowle · 1 shared trustee
- Church Knowle Village Hall · 1 shared trustee
- Artsreach · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 6 more
- Where
- Dorset
- Website
- www.sandpdt.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Swanage and Purbeck Development Trust
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£385k£271k
- 2024£944k£196k
- 2023£158k£156k
Earlier years
- 2022£261k£336k
- 2021£338k£343k
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BUT PARTICULARLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF SWANAGE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND PARTICULARLY TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM POVERTY AND ILL HEALTH AND DISADVANTAGE, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND THE ARTS, TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SWANAGE TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY IN WAYS WHICH ADDRESS AND ALLEVIATE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION AND TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE NATURAL AND MANMADE ENVIRONMENT.
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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.
9 trustees on the board
- Alexandria Brocklesby since 2025
- Annabel Patience Eady since 2025
- Desmond Richard Robin Sutcliffe since 2015
- Dr Deborah Jane Evans since 2025
- Frank Edmund Roberts since 2023
- Melvyn Leslie Norris since 2014
- Robin James Sinclair Taylor since 2015
- Robert Foster since 2014
- Susan Margaret Younghusband since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Desmond Richard Robin Sutcliffe since 2015
- Melvyn Leslie Norris since 2014
- Robin James Sinclair Taylor since 2015
- Robert Foster since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Alexandria Brocklesby since 2025
- Annabel Patience Eady since 2025
- Desmond Richard Robin Sutcliffe since 2015
- Frank Edmund Roberts since 2023
- Melvyn Leslie Norris since 2014
- Robin James Sinclair Taylor since 2015
- Susan Margaret Younghusband since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Deborah Jane Evans since 2025
- Robert Foster since 2014
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
9.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1162662
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22/10/2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 31/07/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/01/2015AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26/01/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 OCT 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 08743407 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07827012759 · bob.foster@sandpdt.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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