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Dorset Community Radio LTD

Radio broadcasting

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 18

  1. Alan Marc Smith 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Rachel Kitcat 2020-2021 Director View profile
  3. Jay Ramrachia 2018-2020 Director View profile
  4. Martyn Harris 2018-2025 Director View profile
  5. Harrington, Wendy Louise, Ceo 2016-2018 Director View profile
  6. Adam David Jackson 2016-2018 Director View profile
  7. Robert Terence Bishop 2014-2016 Director View profile
  8. Rowan Russell Jackson 2014-2016 Director View profile
  9. Joannah Bishop 2014-2016 Director View profile
  10. Edmund David Mitchell 2014-2014 Director View profile
  11. Paul David Stevens 2014-2014 Director View profile
  12. Claire Edwards 2012-2014 Director View profile
  13. Neill Christopher Blake 2012-2014 Director View profile
  14. Brenda Evelyn Mitchell 2012-2013 Director View profile
  15. Keith Shirland 2006-2009 Director View profile
  16. Julian Morris 2006-2011 Director View profile
  17. Alan Jeffery Coote 2008-2014 Secretary View profile
  18. Alan Coote 2006-2012 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Radio broadcasting; Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Incorporated
17/10/2006
Registered office
Poole
Previous names
Poole Community Radio LTD (until 20/06/2020)

Ownership

Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • Joannah Bishop ceased 2016-11-01
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Susan Elaine Bright ceased 2025-09-15
    appoints directors, appoints directors (trust), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2018-01-04

Group

  1. Dorset Community Radio LTD is controlled by Joannah Bishop
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2016-11-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Joannah Bishop.

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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
£6,522
Total assets
£26,977
Employees
4
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Five-year trend

Period endingTurnoverNet assets
2025-11-30Not reported£6,522
2025-11-30Not reported£6,522

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-11-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

3 grants · £30,110 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 · £19,892 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £10,218

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £10,2182022-07-13
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9482020-05-22
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9442019-02-15
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.

3 directors on the board

4.9y median 5.4y
average tenure
8.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
2
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.

Tech and media 7Professional services 2

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
05969796
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/08/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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