Registered charity · Dorchester
The Arts Society Dorset County
- 9 trustees
- Income £29k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ann Rosemary AchesonTrustee · since 2019
- CDR Keith Martin Cologne Simmons AFCTrustee
- Cheryl TaylorTrustee · since 2025
- Jane Valentine SimsonTrustee · since 2023
- Margot Eva GriffithsTrustee · since 2019
- Sonia KAY MorrisTrustee · since 2020
- Susan Mary WalkerTrustee · since 2019
- Susan WhiteTrustee · since 2022
- William John ChambersTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Dorset
- Website
- www.theartssocietydorsetcounty.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1984
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£29k£27k
- 2023£25k£24k
- 2022£22k£24k
Earlier years
- 2021£21k£21k
- 2020£23k£20k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 0%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, THE CULTIVATION, APPRECIATION, STUDY AND PRESERVATION OF THE DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Ann Rosemary Acheson since 2019
- CDR Keith Martin Cologne Simmons AFC
- Cheryl Taylor since 2025
- Jane Valentine Simson since 2023
- Margot Eva Griffiths since 2019
- Sonia KAY Morris since 2020
- Susan White since 2022
- Susan Mary Walker since 2019
- William John Chambers since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Ann Rosemary Acheson since 2019
- Margot Eva Griffiths since 2019
- Sonia KAY Morris since 2020
- Susan Mary Walker since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Ann Rosemary Acheson since 2019
- CDR Keith Martin Cologne Simmons AFC
- Cheryl Taylor since 2025
- Jane Valentine Simson since 2023
- Margot Eva Griffiths since 2019
- Sonia KAY Morris since 2020
- Susan White since 2022
- Susan Mary Walker since 2019
- William John Chambers since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 290307
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED THE 13TH JULY 1984 AS AMENDED 17 JUNE 1999AS AMENDED ON 21 SEP 2017
- Contact on the register
- 01305262713
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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