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Registered charity · Poole

Dorset Family History Society

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £22k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole
Website
www.dorsetfhs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1989

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£22k£31k
  • 2024£21k£27k
  • 2023£53k£26k
Earlier years
  • 2022£20k£22k
  • 2021£18k£21k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC STUDY OF FAMILY HISTORY, GENEALOGY, HERALDRY AND LOCAL HISTORY WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE COUNTY OF DORSET. TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION, SECURITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF ARCHIVAL MATERIAL.

Grants received

1 grant · £2,927 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 · £2,927

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £2,9272005-10-19
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.

8 trustees on the board

5.6y median 4y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Education 2

Gaps to watch

  • 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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£21k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
801504
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 18TH JANUARY 1988
Contact on the register
01202785623 · contact@dorsetfhs.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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