SHIRE HALL (DORCHESTER) TRUST

Registered charity 1163252 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Shire Hall (Dorchester)Trust is an independent charity that operates the Historic Courthouse Museum at Dorset's Shire Hall. Our mission is to make Shire Hall into a place that engages visitors with the history of justice and injustice in Dorset and beyond. It inspires people to make a difference to society, politics, and justice for all.

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Latest income

£228k

Latest spending

£376k

Registered

2015

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Trustees

Dr Rose WALLISchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Ian Francois Bernard Gosling · trustee of 1 other charity
Ines Lage
THOMAS DE WIT MA

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£228k	£376k
31/03/2024	£292k	£413k
31/03/2023	£364k	£411k
31/03/2022	£406k	£354k
31/03/2021	£421k	£283k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/06/2025	£245k	"Courting Opinion: Repositioning the Shire Hall"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/05/2020	£60k	"COVID19: Shire Hall (Dorchester) Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/03/2013	£1.6m	"Shire Hall Project"