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Langton Matravers Local History and Preservation Society

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £9k (2025)

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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Dorset
Registered
1976

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£9k£9k
  • 2024£6k£7k
  • 2023£1k£6k
Earlier years
  • 2022£865£6k
  • 2021£14k£4k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 72%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY ARE:A] TO ESTABLISH, ACQUIRE AND PRESERVE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE COLLECTIONS KNOWN AS THE PURBECK STONE MUSEUM AND THE LANGTON MATRAVERS PARISH MUSEUM AND TO ACQUIRE, RECORD AND PRESERVE ARCHIVES CONNECTED WITH THESE MUSEUMS.B] TO COLLECT AND PRESERVE, IF POSSIBLE AND DESIRABLE, EVIDENCE OF THE PAST WITHIN THE PARISH OF LANGTON MATRAVERS AND ITS IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS, INCLUDING ARTEFACTS, DOCUMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND DIGITISED RECORDS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE PAST.C] TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF KNOWLEDGE AND INTEREST IN THE HERITAGE OF THE PARISH BY ORGANISING MEETINGS AND TALKS REGARDING LOCAL HISTORICAL MATTERS.D] TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE HISTORICAL, NATURAL AND VISUAL AMENITIES OF THE PARISH.

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.

3 trustees on the board

9y median 9y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (2)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Education/training 3Environment/conservation/heritage 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£9k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
272407
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 3RD NOVEMBER 1976AS AMENDED ON 22 JUL 2021
Contact on the register
01929421481 · selman@globalnet.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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