The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Community Connections

Registered charity 1179693 CIO Registered since 2018

Operates: 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.

7 trustees on the board

3.9y median 4y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Other Charitable Purposes 7Education/training 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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 1

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
2025
incomespending£174k latest income

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitefriendsofstourconnect.org
Emailadmin@communityconnections.online
Phone01258 471359
AddressStour Connect, Stour View Close, STURMINSTER NEWTON, Dorset, DT10 1JF

Finances

£174,154 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£98,000£65,000
2021£94,687£95,453
2022£110,376£111,151
2023£88,429£113,724
2025£174,154£161,907

What it does

What

Other Charitable Purposes

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

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).

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 28 AUG 2018AMENDED ON 04 MAR 2024

Trustees (7)

7trustees
68median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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