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Registered charity · Dorset

Friends of Sherborne Abbey

Friends of Sherborne Abbey is a registered charity (number 208584) based in Dorset, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Rev Martin Paul Lee since 2021. Latest income £143k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £143k (2025)
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About

What it does
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Dorset
Website
not.applicable (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£143k£135k
  • 2024£139k£138k
  • 2023£155k£286k
Earlier years
  • 2022£71k£493k
  • 2021£175k£81k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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.

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.

4.2y median 5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.1y
average years in governance
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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£139k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
208584
Status
Registered
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.
Contact on the register
01935812452 · parishsecretary@sherborneabbey.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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