Registered charity (CIO) · Dorchester
Shire Hall (Dorchester) Trust
- 4 trustees
- Income £228k (2025)
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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Dorset
- Website
- shirehalldorset.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£228k£376k
- 2024£292k£413k
- 2023£364k£411k
Earlier years
- 2022£406k£354k
- 2021£421k£283k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF DORCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SHIRE HALL DORCHESTER FOR THE PROVISION OF A VISITOR CENTRE AND OTHER ASSOCIATED CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.
Grants received
8 grants · £2,227,260 total360Giving 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 · £1,873,660 (3 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £333,600 (4 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Dr Rose Wallis Chair since 2021
- Ian Francois Bernard Gosling since 2017
- Ines Lage since 2023
- Thomas DE WIT MA since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Ian Francois Bernard Gosling since 2017
- Thomas DE WIT MA since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Ines Lage since 2023
- Thomas DE WIT MA since 2015
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Rose Wallis Chair since 2021
- Ian Francois Bernard Gosling since 2017
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1163252
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 21 Aug 2015 as amended on 07 Jun 2024
- Contact on the register
- 01305261849 · info@shirehalldorset.org
- 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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