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Open House Shaftesbury

Registered charity 1184625 CIO Registered since 2019

Operates: Dorset, Wiltshire

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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.

5
trustees on the board
5.6y median 5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure
2
trustees past 6 years
5.7y
average years in governance
3 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
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 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Disability 1Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1

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  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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Contact

Websitewww.openhouseshaftesbury.co.uk
Emailinfo@openhouseshaftesbury.co.uk
Phone01747852994
AddressOPEN HOUSE, CHRISTYS LANE, SHAFTESBURY, DORSET, SP7 8PH

Finances

£42,659 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£42,546£21,590
2022£20,518£28,682
2023£34,004£23,530
2024£19,189£26,554
2025£42,659£35,554

What it does

What

DisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious Activities

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE CIO IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SHAFTESBURY, GILLINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES, TO BE DEFINED AS THE AREA COVERED BY THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISHES WITHIN THE SHAFTESBURY TEAM MINISTRY, THE BENEFICE OF GILLINGHAM AND MILTON ON STOUR, THE ST BARTHOLOMEW BENEFICE AND THE PARISH OF FONTMELL MAGNA ("THE SPECIFIED AREA"). SUCH ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED OUT WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS:(1) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION. (2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 Jul 2019

Trustees (5)

5trustees
0aged 70+

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