WIMBORNE MINSTER MODEL TOWN
Registered charity 298116 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The objects of the Charity are to advance the education of Wimborne Minster Town, its history, architecture, design and layout by maintaining and displaying a 1/10th scale model of the Town as it was in 1950. we also promote its social history for the benefit of its inhabitants and of visitors to the town. The principal activities relate to the achieving of these aims.
Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a net income surplus of £40,373 for the year ended 31 October 2025, driven by high visitor numbers. However, unrestricted reserves fell to £175,820, which is below the Board's agreed target of £200,000, though the trustees have completed a payment to replenish reserves and expect another positive season.
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.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wimborne Minster Model Town (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- METCALFE, Peter — director, appointed 04/07/2026on trustee list
- BIRCHENOUGH, Patrick John — director, appointed 10/06/2026on trustee list
- STEVENSON, Iain Mcintosh — director, appointed 29/07/2025on trustee list
- BIRCHENOUGH, Heather — director, appointed 21/03/2022on trustee list
- KING, Jill — director, appointed 15/12/2021on trustee list
- JONES, David Penri — director, appointed 17/06/2020on trustee list
- HOPKINS, Michael John — director, appointed 17/06/2020on trustee list
- MANNERS, Dayna — secretary, appointed 31/01/2017
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
- David Penri Jones
- Heather Jane Birchenough
- Iain McIntosh Stevenson · trustee of 1 other charity
- Jill King
- MICHAEL JOHN HOPKINS
- Patrick John Birchenough
- Peter Metcalfe
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Dorset
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WIMBORNE MINSTER MODEL TOWN financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income surplus of £40,373 for the year ended 31 October 2025, driven by high visitor numbers. However, unrestricted reserves fell to £175,820, which is below the Board's agreed target of £200,000, though the trustees have completed a payment to replenish reserves and expect another positive season. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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