Registered charity · Wareham
Dorset County Scout Council
- 9 trustees
- Income £200k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Benjamin James HowardTrustee · since 2023
- Brendan BoothTrustee · since 2016
- Christopher RootTrustee · since 2020
- Claire Louise MitchellTrustee · since 2023
- Ebony BenfieldTrustee · since 2021
- John GodberTrustee · since 2017
- Robin Henry Charles HillTrustee · since 2024
- Russell Charles TaplinTrustee · since 2025
- Shirley MardenTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Dorset
- Website
- dorsetscouts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1965
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£200k£72k
- 2024£316k£302k
- 2023£280k£244k
Earlier years
- 2022£103k£87k
- 2021£81k£65k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL,INTELLECTUAL,SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS,AS INDIVIDUALS,AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL,NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES
Grants received
1 grant · £3,000 total360Giving 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
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £3,000
Most recent
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
- Benjamin James Howard since 2023
- Brendan Booth since 2016
- Christopher Root since 2020
- Claire Louise Mitchell since 2023
- Ebony Benfield since 2021
- John Godber since 2017
- Robin Henry Charles Hill since 2024
- Russell Charles Taplin since 2025
- Shirley Marden since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Brendan Booth since 2016
- Christopher Root since 2020
- John Godber since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Benjamin James Howard since 2023
- Brendan Booth since 2016
- Christopher Root since 2020
- Claire Louise Mitchell since 2023
- Ebony Benfield since 2021
- Robin Henry Charles Hill since 2024
- Russell Charles Taplin since 2025
- Shirley Marden since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- John Godber since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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
- 301214
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 04 JAN 1912AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 28 MAR 1949AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 18 FEB 1959AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 05 MAY 1967AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 19 JUL 1991
- Contact on the register
- 07444745264 · countyoffice@dorsetscouts.org.uk
- 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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