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Registered charity · Dorchester Dorset

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals West Dorset Branch

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £900k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Animals
Where
Dorset
Website
www.rspcawestdorset.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£900k£458k
  • 2024£395k£401k
  • 2023£301k£360k
Earlier years
  • 2022£294k£359k
  • 2021£341k£346k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE BRANCH ARE TO PROMOTE THE WORK AND OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY [ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (219009)], WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE AREA OF THE BRANCH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICIES OF THE SOCIETY.

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.

1.9y median 2y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (7)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Animals 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£395k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
248616
Status
Registered
Governing document
RSPCA BRANCH RULES EFFECTIVE 18 FEBRUARY 2009 AS AMENDED 15 JULY 2010
Contact on the register
01305259672 · enquiries@rspcawestdorset.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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