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Dorset Community Action

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Previous officers 71

  1. Stephen Anthony Penson 2024-2024 Director View profile
  2. Dr Rebecca Clare Savory Fuller 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Robert Adrian Stuart Watt 2024-2026 Director View profile
  4. Philip Andrew Longdin 2021-2025 Director View profile
  5. Lynne Regan 2021-2023 Director View profile
  6. Andrew James Fisher 2021-2023 Director View profile
  7. Aimie Cole 2021-2025 Director View profile
  8. John Morley 2020-2024 Director View profile
  9. Simon Peter Wraw 2020-2024 Director View profile
  10. Christopher John Spackman 2019-2025 Director View profile
  11. Stephanie Jane Gardiner 2019-2020 Director View profile
  12. Nicky Jane Stollery Matthews 2018-2020 Director View profile
  13. John Graham Nash 2014-2017 Director View profile
  14. Professor Gerry Thomas Stoker 2014-2021 Director View profile
  15. Nicholas George Warren 2014-2021 Director View profile
  16. Derek Parker Howshall 2014-2023 Director View profile
  17. Alan George Clevett 2014-2021 Director View profile
  18. Ronald Coatsworth 2014-2017 Director View profile
  19. Pauline Hannah Batstone 2013-2021 Director View profile
  20. Peter Robert Shorland 2012-2016 Director View profile
  21. Annabel Kristin Broome 2012-2013 Director View profile
  22. Deborah Anne Wyatt 2012-2014 Director View profile
  23. Philip Frederick Jocelyn Burton 2009-2018 Director View profile
  24. Jonathan Nicholas Holyhead 2008-2010 Director View profile
  25. John Hilton 2008-2015 Director View profile
  26. Philada Rose Rogers 2007-2013 Director View profile
  27. Anna Lovell 2006-2015 Director View profile
  28. Howard William Lester 2006-2008 Director View profile
  29. David Crowhurst 2006-2013 Director View profile
  30. Anne Bonete 2006-2009 Director View profile
  31. Susan Nicola Barker 2005-2010 Director View profile
  32. Lindsey Dedden 2005-2014 Director View profile
  33. Elizabeth Mary Rouse 2005-2006 Director View profile
  34. Linley Venters 2005-2014 Director View profile
  35. David John Durley 2004-2005 Director View profile
  36. Steven Michael Lugg 2003-2005 Director View profile
  37. John Conroy 2003-2006 Director View profile
  38. Thelma Ann Cooper 2003-2006 Director View profile
  39. John Robert Legay Solly 2002-2005 Director View profile
  40. Graham Yates 2002-2005 Director View profile
  41. Roy Reginald Martindale 2002-2008 Director View profile
  42. COX, Michael William, Coun 2002-2007 Director View profile
  43. Anne Marie O'Neill 2002-2005 Director View profile
  44. Anthony Graham Yeatman 2001-2002 Director View profile
  45. Merlin Philip David Lewis 2001-2005 Director View profile
  46. Colin Jamieson 2001-2003 Director View profile
  47. Colin Michael Brady 2001-2011 Director View profile
  48. Ian Angus Campbell 2001-2006 Director View profile
  49. Marilyn Heather Smith 2001-2002 Director View profile
  50. Kathleen Wilma Mulliner 2000-2005 Director View profile
  51. Samuel Field 1999-2007 Director View profile
  52. John Freeman 1999-2005 Director View profile
  53. Sylvia Joyce Lacy 1999-2003 Director View profile
  54. Alexina Gannon 1999-2002 Director View profile
  55. Thomas Henry Hutchinson 1999-2002 Director View profile
  56. Tessa Somerville 1999-2001 Director View profile
  57. Rev Hazel Patricia Barkham 1998-1999 Director View profile
  58. Graham Dudley Bishop 1998-1999 Director View profile
  59. Hunt, Ann Cecilia, Doctor 1998-2001 Director View profile
  60. Malcolm Loudoun Adair Macleod 1998-2001 Director View profile
  61. Edwin Hughes 1998-1999 Director View profile
  62. Tapper, Geoffrey William, Doctor 1997-2001 Director View profile
  63. Joy Elizabeth Cole 1997-2000 Director View profile
  64. Andrew Philip Peel 1997-1997 Director View profile
  65. Diana Christine Langford 1997-1997 Director View profile
  66. Linda Joyce Pyke 1997-1999 Director View profile
  67. Pauline Batstone 1997-1997 Director View profile
  68. Suzanne Hume 1997-2000 Director View profile
  69. Georgina Gayle Morgan 2010-2012 Secretary View profile
  70. Steven John Place 2007-2010 Secretary View profile
  71. Jane Mary Raimes 1997-2007 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

2 contracts

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Connect to Work Supported Employment Programme in Dorset Buyer: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council is seeking providers to deliver a new Dorset wide supported employment service 'Connect to Work Supported Employment Service in Dorset'. Connect to Work is a new government-funded programme …

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  • Alternative Education Provision Buyer: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP Council) are seeking suppliers to provide the following service. Alternative Education Provision Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council is committed to meeting the educational nee…

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About

Incorporated
18/02/1997
Also a registered charity
Dorset Community Action

Grants received

18 grants · £2,293,780 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 · £2,255,480 (14 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £26,840 (2 grants)
  • Dorset Community Foundation · £11,460 (2 grants)

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

5 directors on the board

1.2y median 0.8y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Business services 1Health and social care 1Property 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
03320011
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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