The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Shaftesbury Refugee Group

Registered charity 1204787 CIO Registered since 2023

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.

3.9y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

1
company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 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 2 years.
2024
2025
incomespending£19k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.shaftesburyrefugeegroup.org
Emailshaftesburyrefugeegroup@gmail.com
Phone07340934921
AddressGrove Farm House, Dinahs Hollow, Melbury Abbas, SHAFTESBURY, Dorset, SP7 0DE

Finances

£19,002 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2024£34,641£32,617
2025£19,002£18,869

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

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

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND OTHER DISPLACED PEOPLE IN SHAFTESBURY, GILLINGHAM, MOTCOMBE AND THE ADJACENT VILLAGES AND TOWNS THROUGH:• INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY.• PROVIDING PEER SUPPORT AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT BUILD PEOPLE’S CONFIDENCE AND ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY.• PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL, TRAINING, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL EVENTS INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 19 Sep 2023

Trustees (10)

10trustees
83median age
1aged 70+

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