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Digby Hall and Library

Digby Hall and Library is a registered charity (number 275065) based in Sherborne, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £63k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 1 trustee
  • Income £63k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Sherborne Town Council.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Amateur Sport
Where
Dorset
Website
sherborne-tc.gov.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1978

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£63k£74k
  • 2024£59k£68k
  • 2023£79k£68k
Earlier years
  • 2022£89k£66k
  • 2021£33k£65k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 23%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A PUBLIC HALL AND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SHERBORNE IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES, CLASSES, MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES, DANCES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS.

Grants received

1 grant · £5,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,0002004-09-02
Board analysis

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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£63k 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
275065
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 6TH JANUARY 1978
Contact on the register
01935812807 · info@sherborne-tc.gov.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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