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Registered charity · Dorchester

The Dorset Historic Churches Trust

The Dorset Historic Churches Trust is a registered charity (number 282790) based in Dorchester, governed by 16 trustees and chaired by His Honour David Euan Barron Grant since 2020. Latest income £152k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 16 trustees
  • Income £152k (2025)
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About

What it does
Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Dorset
Website
www.dhct.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1971

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£152k£135k
  • 2024£147k£125k
  • 2023£149k£157k
Earlier years
  • 2022£121k£152k
  • 2021£159k£144k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE PRESERVATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, UPKEEP, BEAUTIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF CHURCHES IN DORSET AND OF MONUMENTS, FITTINGS, FIXTURES, STAINED GLASS FURNITURE, ORNAMENTS AND CHATTELS IN SUCH CHURCHES AND OF THE CHURCHYARD BELONGING TO ANY SUCH CHURCHES.

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.

6.2y median 6y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
7.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

Portfolio (2)

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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 15Environment/conservation/heritage 15Religious Activities 15Accommodation/housing 1Education/training 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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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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£152k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
282790
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 1ST MARCH 1960 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF 21 JANUARY 2004 AND DEED OF AMENDMENT DATED 13 MAY 2007.
Contact on the register
01305852138 · jeremyselfe@hotmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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