SHERBORNE LITERARY SOCIETY

Registered charity 1168489 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Organising events and activities in the Sherborne, Dorset, area for people who are interested in literature in the broadest sense.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE SHERBORNE AREA BY PROMOTING AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES (THROUGH EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES) FOR THE APPRECIATION, UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF LITERATURE IN THE BROADEST SENSE INCLUDING THE PROMOTION AND RUNNING OF A LITERARY FESTIVAL.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The Sherborne Literary Society reported a net surplus of £9,761 for the year ended 31 March 2026, driven by a £10,000 surplus on restricted funds which offset a £249 deficit on unrestricted funds. The charity's accounts were examined by an independent examiner who confirmed that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and that the accounts accorded with those records.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Howard Penderchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alastair James Poulain
• Andrew James Holt
• JOHN DOUGLAS GAYE
• Louise Sarah Troup
• Naomi Barbara Marie-Francoise Hewitt
• Richard Henry Cadwallader Hopton
• Robert John Bowmer · 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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