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Registered charity · Kent

The Dover Society

The Society is established for the public benefit for the following purposes in the area comprising part of Dover District Council particularly the areas covered by Dover Town Council, Guston Parish Council, Hougham Without Parish Council, Langdon...

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £7k (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Kent
Website
thedoversociety.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1988

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£7k£18k
  • 2025£8k£9k
  • 2024£11k£12k
Earlier years
  • 2023£6k£7k
  • 2022£5k£4k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Charitable objects

The Society is established for the public benefit for the following purposes in the area comprising part of Dover District Council particularly the areas covered by Dover Town Council, Guston Parish Council, Hougham Without Parish Council, Langdon Parish Council, Lydden Parish Council, River Parish Council, St Margarets at Cliffe Parish Council, Temple Ewell Parish Council, Whitfield Parish Council, which area hereinafter will be referred to as the area of benefit. The Executive Committee may revise the aforesaid list of named Parish Councils within Dover District Council area and comprising the area of benefit subject to confirmation by a simple majority vote of the subsequent Annual General Meeting(i) To promote high standards of planning and architecture in or affecting the area of benefit. (ii) To educate the public in the geography, history, natural history and architecture of the area of benefit. (iii) To secure the preservation, protection, development and improvement of features of historic or public interest in the area of benefit.

Grants received

4 grants · £139,804 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

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £70,904 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £68,900 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £60,9042018-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £10,0002018-04-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £9,9002016-10-11
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £59,0002015-09-22
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.

5.9y median 4y
average tenure
21y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (3)

3
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 14General Charitable Purposes 14Environment/conservation/heritage 13Recreation 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.

Arts and leisure 1Education 1Manufacturing 1

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£8k 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
299954
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 25TH APRIL 1988 AS AMENDED 26 APRIL 1993 as amended on 13 Nov 2006 as amended on 17 Jan 2022 as amended on 13 Nov 2006 as amended on 25 Apr 2022 as amended on 16 Nov 2006 as amended on 19 Apr 2010
Contact on the register
01304202059 · cddoversociety@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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