The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Dorset Polish Centre

Registered charity 1166477 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole

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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.

2 trustees on the board

8.5y median 8.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Economic/community Development/employment 2Education/training 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.

Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£385 latest income
105 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emaildorsetpolishcentre@gmail.com
Phone07752996453
AddressThe Old School House, Gladstone Mews, BOURNEMOUTH, BH7 6BG

Finances

£385 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£12,883£10,256
2022£14,956£18,235
2023£11,731£7,007
2024£7,395£3,979
2025£385£7,835

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE POLISH COMMUNITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY AND THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.

Governing document: CIO - Association Registered 12 Apr 2016 as amended on 08 Apr 2019

Trustees (2)

2trustees
45median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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