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Registered charity (CIO) · Dorset

The David Ellis Charity

The David Ellis Charity is a registered charity (number 1192363) based in Dorset, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Nicholas James Harper since 2022. Latest income £3k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £3k (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 5 more
Where
Dorset
Website
thedavidellischarity.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3k£6k
  • 2024£6k£4k
  • 2023£3k£3k
Earlier years
  • 2022£7k£1k

Income trend, 2022 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 48%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF VETERANS LIVING IN, OR VISITING, DORSET, AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND FUNDING TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS FURTHERING SUCH PURPOSES.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE OBJECTS CLAUSE, ‘VETERANS’ ARE DEFINED AS ANYONE WHO HAS SERVED FOR AT LEAST ONE DAY IN HER MAJESTY’S ARMED FORCES (REGULAR OR RESERVE) OR MERCHANT MARINERS WHO HAVE SEEN DUTY ON LEGALLY DEFINED OPERATIONS, AND IS A‘SERVICE LEAVER’, AS DEFINED BY HER MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT.

Grants received

2 grants · £4,081 total

360Giving 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

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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

4y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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 4 years.
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1192363
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 17 Nov 2020 as amended on 05 Feb 2021
Contact on the register
07725257154 · admin@thedavidellischarity.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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