DORSET ARCHIVES TRUST

Registered charity 1000142 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF DORSET'S ARCHIVES

Fundraising, educational lectures and social events to help fund the collection, preservation and storage of Dorset's archives.

Objects

THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION OF THE PRESERVATION OF DORSET'S ARCHIVES AND BY THE SUPPORT ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ARCHIVES SITUATED AT THE DORSET HISTORY CENTRE THROUGH THE ACTIVITY OF A GROUP OF MEMBERS

Area of benefit: DORSET

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £20,695.51, which are designated to cover ongoing operational costs and support the preservation of archival materials. The trustees describe the financial position as healthy, with total bank balances reaching £77,509.33 at the year-end. No material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern were identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christine Ann Fowlerchair
• Anne Nethercott
• Claire Alison Skinner
• David Manners Burnett
• Debra Jane Shaw · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Kathryn Rose Terkanian
• Julia Margaret Carter
• Julie Jean Montagu
• Patricia Anne Kaile
• SARA NAN LOCH · trustee of 2 other charities
• Samuel James JOHNSTON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Victoria Mary McDonaugh MA, DL · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DORSET HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST.

• THE DORSET HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £152k
• EAST DORSET HERITAGE TRUST income £201k
• THE PRIEST'S HOUSE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS TRUST income £86k
• DORSET COMMUNITY ACTION income £666k
• THE DORSET HEALTH TRUST LIMITED income £179k
• HAMPSHIRE ARCHIVES TRUST income £284k

Side by side with its peers

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