Dorset Record Society

Registered charity 1165078 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Dorset

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

8.4y median 10y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

11.8y

average years in governance

5 vs 4 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 10Arts/culture/heritage/science 4Environment/conservation/heritage 3General Charitable Purposes 3

Commercial experience

Other services 2

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Boards that share trustees

Dorset Victoria County History Trust 4 shared trustees
Dorset Archives Trust 1 shared trustee
The Friends of Sherborne House 1 shared trustee
British Association for Local History 1 shared trustee
The Corfe Castle Town Trust 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

Dorset Victoria County History Trust 4 shared trustees
The Friends of Sherborne House 1 shared trustee
Dorset Archives Trust 1 shared trustee
British Association for Local History 1 shared trustee
The Corfe Castle Town Trust 1 shared trustee
Society for Landscape Studies 1 shared trustee

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Contact

Email	smith_wellbridge@btinternet.com
Phone	01305264259
Address	2 WELLBRIDGE CLOSE, DORCHESTER, DT1 2BJ

Finances

£550 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£370	£516
2021	£490	£289
2022	£451	£637
2023	£685	£115
2024	£550	£586

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

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.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 07 Jan 2016

Trustees (10)

10trustees

72median age

1aged 70+

SAM Johnstonage 58 Chair since 2016
Dr Mark Peter Forrest PHD since 2016
Dr Martin Kenneth Ayres PHD since 2016
Dr Robert Nantes since 2024
Geoff Smith since 2016
Graham Colin Hoddinott since 2016
John Howard Chandlerage 86 since 2016
Katherine Margaret Barker MA since 2016
MRS ANN Smith since 2016
Mary Louise Haywood since 2024

Connected charities (6)

Dorset Victoria County History Trust 4 shared trustees
Society for Landscape Studies 1 shared trustee
The Corfe Castle Town Trust 1 shared trustee
British Association for Local History 1 shared trustee
The Friends of Sherborne House 1 shared trustee
Dorset Archives Trust 1 shared trustee

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