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Buckholme Towers Limited

Buckholme Towers Limited is a registered charity (number 306225) based in Dorset, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by John Gunton. Latest income £34k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

2.1 The objects for which the Charity is established are restricted specifically for the public benefit, to advance the education (including early years education) of people in Dorset in such ways as the Charity Trustees think fit, including by:(a)...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £34k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Dorset, Poole
Website
www.buckholmetowers.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Buckholme Towers Limited
Registered
1966

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£34k£61k
  • 2024£34k£805
  • 2023£34k£988
Earlier years
  • 2022£36k£879
  • 2021£30k£11k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

2.1 The objects for which the Charity is established are restricted specifically for the public benefit, to advance the education (including early years education) of people in Dorset in such ways as the Charity Trustees think fit, including by:(a) providing and assisting in the provision of premises and facilities;(b) awarding scholarships;(c) awarding maintenance allowances or grants tenable at any university, college or institution of higher or further education;(d) supporting individuals in the study of the full range of curriculum subjects, including enrichment subjects and sport and/or in undertaking travel in furtherance of their education or to prepare for entry to any occupation, trade or profession or leaving an educational establishment; and(e) supporting the provision of education to meet a range of children’s particular needs.2.2 Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word "charitable" or the words "charitable purposes" in force in any part of the United Kingdom.

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.

4.8y median 2y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.2y
average years in governance
8
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 8

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

Property 8

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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£34k latest income
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
306225
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6TH NOVEMBER 1963 as amended on 05 Jun 2019 as amended on 04 Jul 2019
Companies House
Company number 00779935 · Active
Contact on the register
01202701626 · jngunton@tiscali.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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