Friends of Sherborne Abbey
Registered charity 208584 Registered since 1962
Operates: Dorset
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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.
12 trustees on the board
- Rev Martin Paul Lee 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
4.2y median 5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher Hamon since 2018
- Dr David George Ferguson since 2019
4y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Alexandra Catherine Rose Mackenzie since 2024
- Bill John Mcdermott since 2021
- Henrietta Susan Paul since 2024
- Hilary Jane Leavey since 2021
- Jennifer Estelle Huitson since 2025
- Justin Luke Chapman since 2025
- Rev Charles Mitchell-Innes Mitchell-Innes since 2021
- Samantha Clare Foster Henderson since 2021
Portfolio (4)
- Rev Martin Paul Lee Chair since 2021
- Christopher Hamon since 2018
- Dr David George Ferguson since 2019
- MR Mike Keatinge
1
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Environment/conservation/heritage 12Religious Activities 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1General 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.
Education 2Hospitality 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 5 years.
incomespending£139k latest income
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.
Related organisations
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Sherborne With Castleton 2 shared trustees
Connected through a shared trustee
- 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
Also active in the same field
- Shropshire Historic Churches Trust Similar size; both Environment
- The Northamptonshire County Federation of Women's Institutes Similar size; both Environment
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | not.applicable |
| parishsecretary@sherborneabbey.com | |
| Phone | 01935812452 |
| Address | THE PARISH OFFICE, 3 ABBEY CLOSE, SHERBORNE, DORSET, DT9 3LQ |
Finances
£143,061 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £174,565 | £81,014 |
| 2022 | £70,609 | £492,679 |
| 2023 | £154,587 | £285,832 |
| 2024 | £138,791 | £137,816 |
| 2025 | £143,061 | £134,690 |
What it does
What
Environment/conservation/heritageWho
The General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable 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 band 55-59 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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