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Registered charity · Dorchester

The Charity of William Williams

The Charity of William Williams is a registered charity (number 202188) based in Dorchester, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Robert Cowley since 2011. Latest income £596k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £596k (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Dorset
Website
www.williamwilliams.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1969

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£596k£451k
  • 2024£584k£840k
  • 2023£563k£395k
Earlier years
  • 2022£563k£343k
  • 2021£464k£386k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED,HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS,SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED,HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.

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.

7.4y median 6y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (4)

4
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 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7General Charitable Purposes 2Amateur Sport 1Other Charitable Purposes 1

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 2

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 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£584k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 37.6 in 2020

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EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
202188
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 17/12/1968AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 11/06/1993AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 16/09/2014
Contact on the register
01305264573 · enquiries@williamwilliams.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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