Friends of Sherborne Abbey

Registered charity 208584 Registered since 1962

Operates: Dorset

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

4.2y median 5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

3.9y

average years in governance

8 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Environment/conservation/heritage 12Religious Activities 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience

Education 2Hospitality 1

Boards that share trustees

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Sherborne With Castleton 2 shared trustees
Sherborne Schools Group 1 shared trustee
Sherborne Abbey TEA Rooms and Community Project 1 shared trustee
The Association of the Friends of Salisbury Cathedral 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Sherborne With Castleton 2 shared trustees
The Association of the Friends of Salisbury Cathedral 1 shared trustee
Sherborne Schools Group 1 shared trustee
Sherborne Abbey TEA Rooms and Community Project 1 shared trustee
Shropshire Historic Churches Trust Similar size; both Environment
The Northamptonshire County Federation of Women's Institutes Similar size; both Environment

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Contact

Website	not.applicable
Email	parishsecretary@sherborneabbey.com
Phone	01935812452
Address	THE PARISH OFFICE, 3 ABBEY CLOSE, SHERBORNE, DORSET, DT9 3LQ

Finances

£138,791 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£108,474	£37,705
2021	£174,565	£81,014
2022	£70,609	£492,679
2023	£154,587	£285,832
2024	£138,791	£137,816

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE PURPOSE OF THE FRIENDS OF SHERBORNE ABBEY IS TO BIND TOGETHER ALL THOSE WHO LOVE SHERBORNE ABBEY IN THEIR DESIRE TO TAKE PART IN PRESERVING IT FOR POSTERITY.

Governing document: FOUNDED AT A MEETING HELD ON 24TH MAY 1930, AS AMENDED AT AGM ON 19 JULY 1983, AND AMENDED AT AGM ON 11 MAY 2004, AND AMENDED AT AGM ON 9 MAY 2005.

Trustees (12)

12trustees

59median age

0aged 70+

Rev Martin Paul Leeage 59 Chair since 2021
Alexandra Catherine Rose Mackenzie since 2024
Bill John Mcdermott since 2021
Christopher Hamon since 2018
Dr David George Ferguson since 2019
Henrietta Susan Paul since 2024
Hilary Jane Leavey since 2021
Jennifer Estelle Huitson since 2025
Justin Luke Chapman since 2025
MR Mike Keatinge
Rev Charles Mitchell-Innes Mitchell-Innes since 2021
Samantha Clare Foster Henderson since 2021

Connected charities (4)

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Sherborne With Castleton 2 shared trustees
The Association of the Friends of Salisbury Cathedral 1 shared trustee
Sherborne Schools Group 1 shared trustee
Sherborne Abbey TEA Rooms and Community Project 1 shared trustee

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