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Map of charities and companies in Dorset
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Charities are shown at their registered address and companies are grouped by the postcode of their registered office. Select a dot to see who is there and open their profile. A registered address is not always where an organisation works. Zoom in to see more. Sources: Charity Commission, OSCR and the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland via the GovReg place index; Companies House register, 2 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. This map outlines Dorset and its wards. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Organisations based here
Charities
1,658
registered address here
Schools
184
open schools
Companies
30,450
active registered offices
NHS bodies
1
trust head offices
Counted by registered address. A charity or company registered here may work elsewhere, and organisations from elsewhere may work here.
How do we know this?
| Figure | Source | Period | Geography | Method and limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organisation counts | Charity Commission, Companies House, Department for Education, NHS Public registers, via the GovReg place index Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 | place index build, 10 Oct 2026 | Dorset | Counted by registered address or school postcode Active companies with a registered office in this area (Companies House). A registered office is not an operating location. Charities whose contact postcode (or nearest postcode) is in this area; not all serve only this area. NHS trust head offices located here; services are delivered across wider areas. Open schools in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland located here. |
Who serves this area
Charities, schools and the council. Each name links to its GovReg profile.
Largest charities by income
- Sherborne Schools Groupincome £84m · 17 trustees
- Bryanston School Incorporatedincome £31m · 13 trustees
- Clayesmore Schoolincome £14.8m · 3 trustees
- Weldmar Hospicecareincome £12.4m · 12 trustees
- Julia's House Limitedincome £12.2m · 11 trustees
- The Tank Museum Limitedincome £10.8m · 12 trustees
- The Council of Milton Abbey School Ltdincome £10.2m · 7 trustees
- The Sheiling Special Education Trustincome £10.1m · 9 trustees
- The Catholic Schools Trustincome £9.8m · 3 trustees
- The Ephesian Fundincome £9.3m · 6 trustees
Largest schools by pupils
- The Thomas Hardye SchoolSecondary · 2,014 pupils
- Lytchett Minster SchoolSecondary · 1,624 pupils
- The Gryphon SchoolSecondary · 1,569 pupils
- Budmouth Academy WeymouthSecondary · 1,466 pupils
- Queen Elizabeth's SchoolSecondary · 1,375 pupils
- Ferndown Upper SchoolSecondary · 1,134 pupils
- The Blandford SchoolSecondary · 1,103 pupils
- The Purbeck SchoolSecondary · 1,022 pupils
The council
- DorsetCouncillors, wards, party groups and their registered interests
NHS trusts with a head office here
- Dorset County Hospital Nhs Foundation Trust
1,658 charities are registered here; the 1,578 that report income have a combined income of £402.1m and a median of £13,898. Income is as reported to the Charity Commission, and a charity may spend it elsewhere.
Elected councillors (85)
Dorset has 85 elected councillors in this area. Only elected members are named, as public office holders.
Show all 85 councillors
| Councillor | Party | Ward |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Somper | Conservative and Unionist Party | Beacon |
| Craig Monks | Conservative and Unionist Party | Beaminster |
| Stephen Murcer | Conservative and Unionist Party | Blackmore Vale |
| Byron Robert Quayle | Conservative and Unionist Party | Blandford |
| Noc Lacey-Clarke | Conservative and Unionist Party | Blandford |
| Bridget Bolwell | Liberal Democrats | Bridport |
| Dave Bolwell | Liberal Democrats | Bridport |
| Paddy Mooney | Liberal Democrats | Bridport |
| Sarah Williams | Liberal Democrats | Bridport |
| Jill Haynes | Conservative and Unionist Party | Chalk Valleys |
| David Taylor | Liberal Democrats | Charminster St Mary's |
| Sally Anne Holland | Liberal Democrats | Chesil Bank |
| Gill Taylor | Liberal Democrats | Chickerell |
| Simon Arthur Dewi Clifford | Liberal Democrats | Chickerell |
| Andrew Todd | Liberal Democrats | Colehill & Wimborne Minster East |
| Jindy Atwal | Liberal Democrats | Colehill & Wimborne Minster East |
| Duncan Sowry-House | Liberal Democrats | Corfe Mullen |
| Scott Florek | Liberal Democrats | Corfe Mullen |
| Dave Tooke | Liberal Democrats | Cranborne & Alderholt |
| Piers Brown | Conservative and Unionist Party | Cranborne Chase |
| Nick Ireland | Liberal Democrats | Crossways |
| Rory Major | Liberal Democrats | Dorchester East |
| Stella Jones | Liberal Democrats | Dorchester East |
| Richard Martin Biggs | Liberal Democrats | Dorchester Poundbury |
| Andy Canning | Liberal Democrats | Dorchester West |
| Les Fry | Independents for Dorset | Dorchester West |
| Neil Jeffrey Eysenck | Liberal Democrats | Eggardon |
| Cathy Lugg | Conservative and Unionist Party | Ferndown North |
| Mike Parkes | Conservative and Unionist Party | Ferndown North |
| Hannah Hobbs-Chell | Independent | Ferndown South |
| Julie Lorraine Robinson | Conservative and Unionist Party | Ferndown South |
| Belinda Brenda Louise Ridout | Conservative and Unionist Party | Gillingham |
| Carl Anthony Woode | Liberal Democrats | Gillingham |
| Val Pothecary | Conservative and Unionist Party | Gillingham |
| Sherry Jespersen | Conservative and Unionist Party | Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants |
| Louie James O'Leary | Conservative and Unionist Party | Littlemoor & Preston |
| Peter Dickenson | Conservative and Unionist Party | Littlemoor & Preston |
| Belinda Bawden | Green Party | Lyme & Charmouth |
| Alex Brenton | Liberal Democrats | Lytchett Matravers & Upton |
| Andrew James Starr | Liberal Democrats | Lytchett Matravers & Upton |
| Steve Robinson | Liberal Democrats | Lytchett Matravers & Upton |
| Simon John Christopher | Conservative and Unionist Party | Marshwood Vale |
| Jon Orrell | Green Party | Melcombe Regis |
| Paul Ralph Kimber | Labour Party | Portland |
| Pete Roper | Independents for Dorset | Portland |
| Rob Hughes | Independents for Dorset | Portland |
| Emma Jayne Parker | Conservative and Unionist Party | Puddletown & Lower Winterborne |
| Louise Bown | Liberal Democrats | Radipole |
| Matt Bell | Liberal Democrats | Radipole |
| Clare Sutton | Green Party | Rodwell & Wyke |
| Claudia Lucienne Webb | Green Party | Rodwell & Wyke |
| Kate Wheller | Labour Party | Rodwell & Wyke |
| Derek Leslie Beer | Liberal Democrats | Shaftesbury Town |
| Jack David John Jeanes | Liberal Democrats | Shaftesbury Town |
| Jon Andrews | Liberal Democrats | Sherborne East |
| Robin Andrew Shane Legg | Liberal Democrats | Sherborne Rural |
| Richard Henry Geoffrey Crabb | Liberal Democrats | Sherborne West |
| Ben Wilson | Liberal Democrats | South East Purbeck |
| Barry Peter Goringe | Conservative and Unionist Party | St Leonards & St Ives |
| Margaret Elizabeth Goringe | Conservative and Unionist Party | St Leonards & St Ives |
| Ray Bryan | Conservative and Unionist Party | St Leonards & St Ives |
| James Charles Vitali | Conservative and Unionist Party | Stalbridge & Marnhull |
| Will Chakawhata | Liberal Democrats | Stour & Allen Vale |
| Carole Yvonne Jones | Conservative and Unionist Party | Sturminster Newton |
| Chris Tomes | Conservative and Unionist Party | Swanage |
| Gary Maurice Suttle | Conservative and Unionist Party | Swanage |
| William Stanley Trite | Conservative and Unionist Party | Swanage |
| David James Northam | Liberal Democrats | Upwey & Broadwey |
| Simon Gibson | Conservative and Unionist Party | Verwood |
| Spencer Grant Flower | Conservative and Unionist Party | Verwood |
| Toni Bartley Coombs | Conservative and Unionist Party | Verwood |
| Beryl Rita Ezzard | Liberal Democrats | Wareham |
| Ryan David Holloway | Liberal Democrats | Wareham |
| Andy Skeats | Conservative and Unionist Party | West Moors & Three Legged Cross |
| David Shortell | Conservative and Unionist Party | West Moors & Three Legged Cross |
| Andrew Charles Parry | Conservative and Unionist Party | West Parley |
| Laura Jane Beddow | Conservative and Unionist Party | West Purbeck |
| Michael John Baker | Liberal Democrats | West Purbeck |
| Alex Fuhrmann | Liberal Democrats | Westham |
| Ryan Dean Hope | Liberal Democrats | Westham |
| David Morgan | Liberal Democrats | Wimborne Minster |
| Shane Bartlett | Liberal Democrats | Wimborne Minster |
| Roland Tarr | Liberal Democrats | Winterborne & Broadmayne |
| Barrie George Cooper | Liberal Democrats | Winterborne North |
| Chris Kippax | Liberal Democrats | Yetminster |
Full profiles are on the council page.
Organisations that share board members
Among the 1500 largest charities here with trustee data, 479 are linked to at least one other through 362 shared board members. This shows how boards overlap, which is not the same as influence or control, and in small communities the same volunteers often serve more than one cause.
- F S Seymours Charity and Wimborne Minster Church Foundation9 shared board members
- Edmund Barnes Charity for Organ and Choir Fund of Wimborne Minster and The Governors of Wimborne Minster - Priest's House Museum Legacy9 shared board members
- Edmund Barnes Charity for Organ and Choir Fund of Wimborne Minster and Gillingham's School Foundation9 shared board members
- The Governors of Wimborne Minster - Priest's House Museum Legacy and Gillingham's School Foundation9 shared board members
- The Othona Community and The Othona Community9 shared board members
- F S Seymours Charity and Edmund Barnes Charity for Organ and Choir Fund of Wimborne Minster8 shared board members
- F S Seymours Charity and The Governors of Wimborne Minster - Priest's House Museum Legacy8 shared board members
- F S Seymours Charity and Gillingham's School Foundation8 shared board members
- Edmund Barnes Charity for Organ and Choir Fund of Wimborne Minster and Wimborne Minster Church Foundation8 shared board members
- Wimborne Minster Church Foundation and The Governors of Wimborne Minster - Priest's House Museum Legacy8 shared board members
Connections between organisations through shared board members describe how boards overlap. They are not evidence of influence, control or coordination, and many overlaps are ordinary in small communities. Only elected councillors are named. No addresses or other personal details are shown; organisation links point to existing public GovReg profiles.
Sources used on this page
1- Charity Commission, Companies House, Department for Education, NHS England: Organisation registers, via the GovReg place indexA charity or company is counted where its registered address is, which is not necessarily where it works.
Registered offices are not operating locations. Ranks and deciles are never averaged. Census 2021 figures are labelled 2021.