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Registered charity (CIO) · Bridport

The Chapel in the Garden, Bridport

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £59k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th 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
Religious Activities
Where
Devon, Dorset, Somerset
Website
www.thechapelinthegarden.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£59k£106k
  • 2023£112k£60k
  • 2022£79k£39k
Earlier years
  • 2021£51k£43k
  • 2020£39k£75k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

(1) THE PROMOTION OF RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES (WITHOUT HAVING TO BE MEMBERS) OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF UNITARIAN AND FREE CHRISTIANS. (2)TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF BRIDPORT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER:TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN OR MANAGE OR CO-OPERATE WITH ANY STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

6 trustees on the board

3.2y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 6Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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.

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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£59k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1173010
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 12 May 2017
Contact on the register
07566751752 · bridportunitarians@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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