The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Wimborne Minster Church Foundation

Registered charity 254949 Registered since 1968

Operates: Dorset

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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.

8.2y median 7.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

23.1y
average years in governance
2
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Education/training 5Environment/conservation/heritage 4General Charitable Purposes 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.

Education 2Professional services 2Arts and leisure 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£20k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Phone01202884753
AddressWimborne Minster Church House, 22 High Street, Wimborne, BH21 1HT

Finances

£20,449 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£15,056£16,939
2021£30,810£23,107
2022£16,957£29,435
2023£18,821£27,611
2024£20,449£34,693

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:THE GOVERNORS SHALL HOLD WIMBORNE MINSTER ENDOWMENT FUND UPON TRUST TO INVEST THE SAME AND TO APPLY THE INCOME THEREOF TO:(1) FIRST DISCHARGE THE PROPER EXPENSES, COSTS AND CHARGES INCURRED BY THE GOVERNORS IN RUNNING THE CHARITY;(2) THEN TO PAY ONE THIRD OF THE REMAINING INCOME TO QUEEN ELIZABETH’S SCHOOL TRUST A CHARITY REGISTERED IN ENGLAND AND WALES UNDER NUMBER 306213; AND (3) THEN TO APPLY THE REMAINING TWO THIRDS OF THE INCOME TO THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES LAID OUT IN SUB-CLAUSE (4) BELOW AS THE GOVERNORS IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT: (4) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(A) WITHIN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND BENEFICE WHICH FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDES WIMBORNE MINSTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION; AND/OR(B) FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT LIMITATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY:(I) PRESERVING, MAINTAINING, IMPROVING, RESTORING, CARING FOR AND ADORNING AND DECORATING THE FABRIC OF WIMBORNE MINSTER ITS SURROUNDS AND GRAVEYARD, GRAVES, AND VAULTS AND ANY OTHER RELATED PROPERTY (“THE MINSTER”), AND THE GOODS AND ORNAMENTS THEREOF; (II) PROVIDING FOR MUSIC TO BE PLAYED AT THE MINSTER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE PROVISION OF: A CHOIR, CHOIR MASTER, ORGANIST AND OTHER MUSICIANS; MUSIC; AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION AN ORGAN; (III) EMPLOYING AND OR PAYING WAGES FOR THE VERGERS AND OTHER STAFF NEEDED TO WORK AT THE MINSTER AS THE GOVERNORS MAY AGREE FROM TIME TO TIME; (IV) ADVANCING EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE MINSTER AND MATTERS RELATING THERETO; AND (V) SUPPORTING THE MINISTRY OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH WITH CHRISTIAN OUTREACH TO PROVIDE GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR TO CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

Governing document: SCHEME UNDER THE ENDOWED SCHOOLS ACT ON 11 JULY 1877, SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEMES OF 3 JANUARY 1941 AND 18 JANUARY 1935AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 23 SEP 2024AS AMENDED ON 17 APR 2026

Trustees (9)

9trustees
83median age
2aged 70+

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