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Volunteer Centre Dorset

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Previous officers 34

  1. Joanna Louise Audley 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Joyce Mary Sangster 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Gillian Frances Slade 2022-2024 Director View profile
  4. Andrew Richard Bolt 2020-2025 Director View profile
  5. Simon Colquohoun 2019-2019 Director View profile
  6. Karen Sophia Herbert 2019-2021 Director View profile
  7. Denise Lucette Exall 2019-2022 Director View profile
  8. Jonathan Charles Mills 2019-2023 Director View profile
  9. Alice Nichol 2017-2020 Director View profile
  10. Margaret Mary Foot 2017-2018 Director View profile
  11. Lee Charles Hardy OBE 2017-2019 Director View profile
  12. Susan Mary Fleet 2017-2021 Director View profile
  13. Philip James Scrase 2017-2018 Director View profile
  14. Janet Hewitt 2016-2018 Director View profile
  15. Donna Margaret Madeleine Robson 2016-2017 Director View profile
  16. Anthony James Armstrong 2014-2018 Director View profile
  17. Harry Rodney Hoare 2013-2015 Director View profile
  18. Dianne Marie Cooper 2012-2017 Director View profile
  19. Alistair Fraser Chisholm 2011-2014 Director View profile
  20. Timothy Charles Nelson Harries 2011-2013 Director View profile
  21. Robert Brian Potter 2010-2019 Director View profile
  22. Anthony Mckidie 2010-2011 Director View profile
  23. Christopher Martin Ray 2010-2011 Director View profile
  24. Margaret Jean Ray 2010-2011 Director View profile
  25. Andrew James Canning 2006-2011 Director View profile
  26. Dennis George Maggs 2006-2013 Director View profile
  27. Irene Cynthia Gittins 2006-2008 Director View profile
  28. Carolyn Biggs 2006-2007 Director View profile
  29. Hedley Eric Harrison 2006-2019 Director View profile
  30. Valerie Warren 2006-2011 Director View profile
  31. Patricia Hayward 2006-2008 Director View profile
  32. Peter Alfred Wadham Wood 2006-2008 Director View profile
  33. David Maries Lang 2006-2006 Director View profile
  34. Joan Lilian Anglis 2006-2006 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
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Incorporated
24/01/2006
Registered office
Dorchester
Also a registered charity
Volunteer Centre Dorset
Previous names
Dorchester Volunteer Bureau (until 15/04/2009)

Grants received

10 grants · £1,103,345 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 · £1,079,945 (9 grants)
  • Spirit of 2012 · £23,400

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £419,7092025-08-27
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,3122024-09-12
  • Spirit of 2012 £23,4002021-06-09
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £310,6932020-12-16
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002020-04-22
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.

7 directors on the board

4.9y median 1.3y
average tenure
20.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

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.

Arts and leisure 41Business services 4Tech and media 4Construction 2Finance 2Hospitality 1Professional services 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
05685988
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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