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Dorset Community Foundation
Other business support service activities n.e.c.
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Who leads it
- Jonathan Rupert Bowden BlakeDirector · since 2026
- Colin Thomas O'ConnorDirector · since 2026
- Jennifer Rosalind PatersonDirector · since 2026
- Michelle HowardDirector · since 2025
- Neil LewisDirector · since 2025
- Jenifer Anne RichardsonDirector · since 2023
- Martha SearleDirector · since 2023
- Lee Charles Hardy OBEDirector · since 2022
- Rebecca Jane StalkerDirector · since 2022
- Terry StandingDirector · since 2020
- Thomas Nicholas FloodDirector · since 2020
- Louise Hazel CoultonDirector · since 2020
- Deborah ApplebyDirector · since 2020
Previous officers 42
- Sam Everard 2022-2024 View profile
- Nick Lee 2022-2026 View profile
- Thomas Nicholas Flood 2020-2020 View profile
- Sofie Victoria Scott 2018-2019 View profile
- Darren Roy Northeast 2018-2019 View profile
- Simon John Young 2018-2024 View profile
- William Ansell 2017-2024 View profile
- Paul Raymond Sizeland 2017-2023 View profile
- Martin Stuart Davidson 2016-2022 View profile
- Michelle Lorraine Scanlan-Sanson 2016-2022 View profile
- Michael Joseph Kay 2016-2016 View profile
- Jonathan Charles Greenwood 2015-2021 View profile
- Nick Fernyhough 2015-2023 View profile
- Frank Guinn 2014-2021 View profile
- Jeremy Francis Mills 2014-2021 View profile
- Jennifer Mary Gould 2014-2020 View profile
- Geoffrey Charles Trobridge 2014-2020 View profile
- Rodney Gerald Frederick Heath 2013-2015 View profile
- Peter John Eales 2013-2019 View profile
- Lord Henry Noel Kenelm Digby 2012-2016 View profile
- Christopher David Mills 2011-2013 View profile
- Jeffrey Hart 2011-2017 View profile
- Richard Allen John Cossey 2011-2014 View profile
- Peter Scott 2011-2011 View profile
- Christopher Hugh Morle 2011-2017 View profile
- Timothy Birkett 2010-2011 View profile
- Gary Lee Marsden Bentham 2010-2012 View profile
- Mark John Michael Woodhouse 2009-2010 View profile
- Helen Margaret Starkie 2009-2010 View profile
- Richard Arthur Dimbleby 2009-2012 View profile
- Gordon Francis De Courcy Page 2009-2015 View profile
- David John Nowell Hall 2007-2008 View profile
- Ashley Wynne Rowlands 2007-2015 View profile
- Jane Mary Raimes 2007-2011 View profile
- Jean Margot Edwards 2007-2008 View profile
- Gwyneth Jane Bates 2007-2015 View profile
- Michael William Green 2007-2012 View profile
- Colin Michael Brady 2006-2010 View profile
- Geoffrey Trobridge 2014-2020 View profile
- Christopher Beale 2013-2014 View profile
- Christina Joy Baker 2010-2013 View profile
- Christopher John Beale 2006-2014 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
2 contractsFrom 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.
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VCS small grants scheme - Crisis Resilience Fund
Small grants scheme to the voluntary and community sector (VCS) helping BCP residents impacted by the cost of living crisis, with an increased focus on helping to build resilience alongside crisis support.
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Distribution of Grants for Homelessness Prevention
Delivery of a grant scheme funded by MHCLG to support VCS projects that prevent homelessness and rough sleeping.
About
- What it does
- Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 04/04/2006
- Registered office
- Poole
- Also a registered charity
- Dorset Community Foundation
- Previous names
- The Community Foundation for Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (until 18/10/2011)
Grants received
3 grants · £23,563 total360Giving 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 · £23,563 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
13 directors on the board
- Jenifer Anne Richardson Director · appointed 2023
- Lee Charles Hardy OBE Director · appointed 2022
- Terry Standing Director · appointed 2020
- Jonathan Rupert Bowden Blake Director · appointed 2026
- Martha Searle Director · appointed 2023
- Michelle Howard Director · appointed 2025
- Deborah Appleby Director · appointed 2020
- Colin Thomas O'Connor Director · appointed 2026
- Louise Hazel Coulton Director · appointed 2020
- Jennifer Rosalind Paterson Director · appointed 2026
- Thomas Nicholas Flood Director · appointed 2020
- Rebecca Jane Stalker Director · appointed 2022
- Neil Lewis Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Terry Standing Director · appointed 2020
- Martha Searle Director · appointed 2023
- Deborah Appleby Director · appointed 2020
- Jennifer Rosalind Paterson Director · appointed 2026
- Neil Lewis Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (8)
- Jenifer Anne Richardson Director · appointed 2023
- Lee Charles Hardy OBE Director · appointed 2022
- Jonathan Rupert Bowden Blake Director · appointed 2026
- Michelle Howard Director · appointed 2025
- Colin Thomas O'Connor Director · appointed 2026
- Louise Hazel Coulton Director · appointed 2020
- Thomas Nicholas Flood Director · appointed 2020
- Rebecca Jane Stalker Director · appointed 2022
Also govern a charity
- Jenifer Anne Richardson Dorset Climate Action Network, Surfers Against Sewage
- Lee Charles Hardy OBE Poole Unit 272 of the SEA Cadet Corps
- Jonathan Rupert Bowden Blake The Sheiling Special Education Trust
- Michelle Howard Broadstone Evening Women's Institute, The United Reformed Church (Wessex) Trust Limited
- Deborah Appleby UK Community Foundations
- Jennifer Rosalind Paterson Friends of ST Marys Church, Cerne Abbas
Left in the last 12 months
- Nick Lee Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
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.
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
- 05768612
- 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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