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Registered charity · Dorchester

The Dorchester Civic Society

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £2k (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
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Dorset
Website
www.dorchestercivicsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1975

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2k£3k
  • 2024£2k£2k
  • 2023£2k£1k
Earlier years
  • 2022£2k£1k
  • 2021£779£718

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1. TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. 2. TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. 3. TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC, NATURAL OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

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.

7 trustees on the board

8.1y median 6y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

4
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 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1Religious Activities 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.

Other services 4Education 1Property 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
268636
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 26TH SEPTEMBER 1974 AMENDED 12TH MAY 1976 AND FURTHER AMENDED ON THE 17TH MAY 1978 as amended on 25 Oct 2022 as amended on 25 Oct 2022
Contact on the register
01305459112 · info@dorchestercivicsociety.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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