Registered charity · Wimborne
The Central Hall Trust
- 6 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities
- Where
- Dorset
- Registered
- 2024
Charitable objects
1. (A) FOR ASSISTING BAND OF HOPE WORK AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF RELIGIOUS WORK WITHIN THE SAID PARISH OF CORFE MULLEN BUT SO THAT NEITHER THE SAID PREMISES NOR ANY PART THEREOF SHALL BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH SPIRITUALISM ROMANISM RITUALISM MODERNISM OR DOCTRINES OF FREE THINKERS WHO DO NOT FULLY BELIEVE IN THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST OR FOR CARD PLAYING PUBLIC DANCING OR GAMBLING IN ANY FORM OR FOR THE SALE OR SUPPLY OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS. (B) AS A SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS PROVIDED THAT ANY RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION GIVEN THEREIN SHALL BE OF A TRULY PROTESTANT AND FREE CHURCH CHARACTER. (C) AS A RESIDENCE OR RESIDENCES FOR ANY PASTOR AND/OR TEACHER OR TEACHERS WHO MAY BE APPOINTED. (D) AS A PLACE OF MEETING FOR MEMBERS OF BAND OF HOPE CLUB OR CLUBS (E) AS A LENDING LIBRARY (F) FOR ANY OTHER MEETINGS OR FOR ANY OTHER OBJECTS ENDS OR PURPOSES HAVING IN VIEW THE SPIRITUAL INTELLECTUAL MORAL OR SOCIAL WANTS OF THE SAID PARISH WHICH THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK DESIRABLE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISOES CONTAINED IN SUB-CLAUSES (A) AND (B) ABOVE. 2. SUBJECT TO THE AFORESAID PROVISOES CONTAINED IN SUB-CLAUSES (A) AND (B) OF CLAUSE 1 HEREOF THE LIFE TRUSTEES MAY LET OR PERMIT THE PASTOR FOR THE TIME BEING TO USE THE SAID CENTRAL HALL WITH OR WITHOUT PAYMENT FOR ANY ECCLESIASTICAL PURPOSE OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF MISSION SERVICES SUNDAY SCHOOLS OR MEETINGS OR FOR ANY OBJECTS OR PURPOSES HAVING IN VIEW THE SPIRITUAL MORAL SOCIAL OR INTELLECTUAL WANTS OF PERSONS RESIDING IN THE SAID PARISH THE DECISION OF THE TRUSTEES AS TO WHAT CONSTITUTES SUCH A PURPOSE AS AFORESAID BEING FINAL AND BINDING UPON ALL PARTIES AND THE SAID PASTOR GIVING SUCH NOTICE OF THE TIMES AT WHICH HE WILL REQUIRE TO USE THE SAID CENTRAL HALL FOR ANY OF THE PURPOSES AFORESAID AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.AND SUBJECT AS AFORESAID THE TRUSTEES MAY PERMIT THE SAID CENTRAL HALL TO BE USED FOR LECTURES SACRED CONCERTS AND FOR MEETINGS CLASSES AND OTHER ASSEMBLIES CONNECTED WITH RELIGIOUS PHILANTHROPIC OR OTHER SOCIETIES OR PURPOSES UPON SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK EXPEDIENT.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Anthony John Hallett Chair since 1986
- Betty Rosalind Cheeseman since 2003
- Dr James Benjamin Orton since 2025
- Hazel Anne Baines since 2003
- John Cooper since 1986
- Royce John Lonnon since 1986
Trustees past 6 years
- Anthony John Hallett Chair since 1986
- Betty Rosalind Cheeseman since 2003
- Hazel Anne Baines since 2003
- John Cooper since 1986
- Royce John Lonnon since 1986
First-time vs portfolio trustees
Portfolio (6)
- Anthony John Hallett Chair since 1986
- Betty Rosalind Cheeseman since 2003
- Dr James Benjamin Orton since 2025
- Hazel Anne Baines since 2003
- John Cooper since 1986
- Royce John Lonnon since 1986
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1210910
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONVEYANCE AND DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 14 JUN 1933
- Contact on the register
- 07789375111 · centralhalltrust@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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