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Registered charity · Wareham

Church Knowle Working MEN's Reading Room

Church Knowle Working MEN's Reading Room is a registered charity (number 280490) based in Wareham, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £2k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Church Knowle Reading Room (Charity Commission)

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £2k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Dorset
Registered
1980

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2k£3k
  • 2024£2k£1k
  • 2023£2k£993
Earlier years
  • 2022£2k£831
  • 2021£300£1k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO BE USED AS A RECREATION AND READING ROOM OR FOR SOME SIMILAR PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WORKING MEN AND OTHER INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF CHURCH KNOWLE

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.

8y median 8y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

1.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Other Charitable Purposes 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
280490
Status
Registered
Governing document
DEED OF GIFT DATED 16 APRIL 1888
Contact on the register
01929480315 · hazel.parker@btconnect.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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