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Registered charity (CIO) · Dorchester

Dorset Record Society

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £474 (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th 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
Education/training
Where
Dorset
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£474£527
  • 2024£550£586
  • 2023£685£115
Earlier years
  • 2022£451£637
  • 2021£490£289
Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF HISTORY, AND TO FACILITATE HISTORICAL RESEARCH BY THE PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION AND INTERPRETATION OF ARCHIVAL TEXTS, RECORDS AND STUDY GUIDES RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET.

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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

8y median 10y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (5)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4General Charitable Purposes 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£550 latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1165078
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 07 Jan 2016
Contact on the register
01305264259 · smith_wellbridge@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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