Registered charity (CIO) · Dorset
Friends of the West BAY Discovery Centre
- 8 trustees
- Income £6k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Dorset
- Registered
- 2024
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£6k£2k
- 2025£2k£154
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATING TO THE HISTORY AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF WEST BAY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY SUPPORTING THE OPERATION OF THE WEST BAY DISCOVERY CENTRE THROUGH VOLUNTEERING AND THE SUPPORT OF ACTIVITIES TO ENHANCE THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
8 trustees on the board
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Alastair David Gibson
- Nicola Joy Kelly
- Pauline Anne Bale
- Penelope Anne Deacon
- Susan Jennifer Pollock
- Sarah Jane Fletcher
- Sarah Jane West
Portfolio (1)
- John Ashley West Chair
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1209623
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Aug 2024
- Contact on the register
- 01308423758 · friends@westbaydiscoverycentre.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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