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Registered charity · Dorset

Wimborne Minster Model Town

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £245k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Dorset
Website
www.wimborne-modeltown.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Wimborne Minster Model Town
Registered
1987

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£245k£205k
  • 2024£204k£219k
  • 2023£213k£198k
Earlier years
  • 2022£202k£166k
  • 2021£283k£147k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE OF WIMBORNE MINSTER TOWN ITS HISTORY ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND LAYOUT INCLUDING THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE TOWN THROUGH THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A PERMANENT COLLECTION OF MODEL BUILDINGS SHOWING WIMBORNE MINSTER TOWN AS IT WAS IN 1950 AND TO INCLUDE APPROPRIATE LANDSCAPING.

Grants received

3 grants · £22,500 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 · £22,500 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £2,5002022-12-09
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002018-01-17
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002015-02-04
Board analysis for researchers

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.

7 trustees on the board

2.1y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7Environment/conservation/heritage 7Religious Activities 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 6Manufacturing 2Professional services 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£245k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
298116
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27TH MAY 1987 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 9TH NOVEMBER 1987
Companies House
Company number 02134529 · Active
Contact on the register
01202881924 · info@wimborne-modeltown.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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