The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Friends of Blandford Community Hospital

Registered charity 800482 Registered since 1988

Operates: Dorset

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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

10.2y median 11.5y
average tenure
19y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6Accommodation/housing 1Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Transport 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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
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incomespending£196k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.friendsofblandford.org.uk
Emaildhc.friends.blandford@nhs.net
Phone01258450095
AddressBlandford Hospital, Milldown Road, BLANDFORD FORUM, DT11 7DD

Finances

£186,101 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£228,756£298,581
2023£247,914£190,542
2024£195,843£240,942
2025£196,052£244,308
2026£186,101£243,974

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF THE HOSPITAL AND OTHER INVALIDS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, INFIRM OR IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND, GENERALLY, TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE SAID HOSPITAL

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 4TH MAY 1977 AS AMENDED 10TH JANUARY 1990 25TH MARCH 1994 AND 3 JULY 2002 as amended on 03 Jul 2019

Trustees (7)

7trustees
91median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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