# DORCHESTER ALMSHOUSES

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1187063
- **Other names:** DORCHESTER MUNICIPAL CHARITIES
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 19, 2019
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1187063


## Contact

- **Address:** Dorchester Almshouses, The Clerk&#x27;s Office, Whetstones, West Walks, Dorchester
- **Postcode:** Dorset
- **Phone:** 01305 262662
- **Email:** office@dorchesteralmshouses.co.uk
- **Website:** www.dorchesteralmshouses.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE FORM OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOMMODATION AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT, SERVICES AND FINANCIAL RELIEF FOR ALMSPERSONS APPOINTED FROM THE CLASS OF BENEFICIARIES.THE CLASS OF BENEFICIARIES IS PEOPLE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP WHO ARE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF DORCHESTER OR ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET.

**Activities:** The relief of financial hardship by the provision of social housing in the form of almshouse accommodationand ancillary equipment, services and financial relief for almpersons appointed from the class ofbeneficiaries.The class of beneficiaries is people in financial hardship who are inhabitants of the town of Dorchester orelsewhere in the county of Dorset.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** Elderly/old People



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** LOCAL
- Dorset





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **MARY ELIZABETH known as Molly RENNIE** | Chair | Dec. 19, 2019 |
| Cllr Susan Clare Biles |  | May 22, 2024 |
| Fiona Kent-Ledger |  | Dec. 19, 2019 |
| Janet Elizabeth Hewitt |  | Dec. 19, 2019 |
| John Christmas |  | June 22, 2020 |
| Richard Martin Biggs |  | July 27, 2022 |
| Sally Margaret Goss |  | Dec. 19, 2019 |
| Susan Caroline Hosford |  | Dec. 19, 2019 |
| Timothy Loasby |  | Sept. 10, 2023 |
| Vanessa Caroline Lloyd-Jones |  | May 22, 2025 |




