Dorset Climate Action Network

Registered charity 1204328 CIO Registered since 2023

Operates: Dorset

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

1.9y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

11.1y

average years in governance

6 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 9General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

Commercial experience

Other services 4Professional services 4Business services 2

Boards that share trustees

Dorset Community Foundation 1 shared trustee
Surfers Against Sewage 1 shared trustee
Planet Purbeck 1 shared trustee
Friends of the West BAY Discovery Centre 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

Planet Purbeck 1 shared trustee
Surfers Against Sewage 1 shared trustee
Friends of the West BAY Discovery Centre 1 shared trustee
Dorset Community Foundation 1 shared trustee
The Prehistoric Society Similar size; both Environment
The Murray Downland Trust Similar size; both Environment

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Contact

Website	https://www.dorsetcan.org/
Email	dorsetcan@gmail.com
Phone	07982242453
Address	32 Award Road, Wimborne, BH21 7NT

Finances

£66,004 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2024	£53,736	£46,276
2025	£66,004	£51,980

What it does

What

Education/trainingEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

A) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY WORKING WITH OTHERS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND PROMOTE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND RESTORATION OF NATURE.B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN DORSET.

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 11 Aug 2023

Trustees (9)

9trustees

67median age

1aged 70+

Succession outlook: 1 of 9 trustees are aged 70 or over.

Giles Francis Tanfield Wattsage 65 Chair since 2025
Belinda Bawden since 2025
Colin Tracyage 72 since 2024
Helen Lucy Sumbler since 2023
Jenifer Anne Richardsonage 51 since 2025
John Ashley Westage 68 since 2025
Samuel Herbert Wilberforce since 2023
Tracee Lorraine Cosseyage 53 since 2024
Victoria Elcoateage 68 since 2023

Connected charities (4)

Planet Purbeck 1 shared trustee
Friends of the West BAY Discovery Centre 1 shared trustee
Dorset Community Foundation 1 shared trustee
Surfers Against Sewage 1 shared trustee

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