Registered charity (CIO) · Dorset
Community Connections
Community Connections is a registered charity (number 1179693) based in Dorset, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £174k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £174k (2025)
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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
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Dorset
- Website
- friendsofstourconnect.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2018
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£174k£162k
- 2023£88k£114k
- 2022£110k£111k
Earlier years
- 2021£95k£95k
- 2020£98k£65k
Income trend, 2020 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CIO ARE:TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE AREAS OF STURMINSTER, NEWTON, GILLINGHAM, SHAFTESBURY, SHERBORNE AND BLANDFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES, ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES OVER AND ABOVE THOSE PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING ELDERLY OR DISABLED (EITHER WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY OR A PHYSICAL DISABILITY).
Grants received
9 grants · £85,509 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 Community Fund · £54,759 (4 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £15,000
- Dorset Community Foundation · £10,000 (2 grants)
- The Grocers' Charity · £5,000
- Woodward Charitable Trust · £750
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Anne Rich since 2020
- Gerald Rose since 2023
- Kim Martin Riley since 2022
- Nigel Paul Biggs since 2022
- Timothy Wilson since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Anne Rich since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Anne Rich since 2020
- Kim Martin Riley since 2022
- Timothy Wilson since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Gerald Rose since 2023
- Nigel Paul Biggs since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1179693
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 28 AUG 2018AMENDED ON 04 MAR 2024
- Contact on the register
- 01258 471359 · admin@communityconnections.online
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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