# DORKING CHARITY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 207251
- **Other names:** DORKING PAROCHIAL CHARITIES
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** June 27, 1962
- **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=207251


## Contact

- **Address:** 11 Cotmandene, Dorking
- **Postcode:** RH4 2BL
- **Phone:** 01306 881942
- **Email:** drkcharity@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.dorkingcharities.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) ALMSHOUSES FOR ELDERLY PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO ARE IN NEED WHO (EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CASES TO BE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS) HAVE BEEN RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF DORKING FOR NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS NEXT PRECEDING THE TIME OF THEIR APPOINTMENT, OR WHO FOR A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THEIR LIFE HAVE LIVED IN THE SAID AREA.2) FOR RELIEF IN NEED IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF DORKING WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.

**Activities:** Provision of sheltered housing for residents in the Dorking area.Grants for those in need.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** Elderly/old People



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** ANCIENT PARISH OF DORKING
- Surrey





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **MICHAEL ROBERT KNOTT** | Chair |  |
| CHRISTINE LAWRENCE |  |  |
| DAVID KINGHAM |  |  |
| JULIA BROWN |  | July 13, 2015 |
| James Turnbull |  | Oct. 13, 2014 |
| Jeffery Richard Gowlland |  | Jan. 9, 2023 |
| Margaret COOKSEY |  | Nov. 1, 2017 |
| Mary Butcher |  | July 12, 2021 |
| Nick Wright |  | July 12, 2021 |
| Rev Anthony Rustell Dr |  | Jan. 13, 2025 |
| Susan Jane Mahony |  | Jan. 15, 2024 |



## Linked charities

- WILLIAM HUTTON (207251-1)
- M A FLOOD (207251-10)
- WILLIAM HOLLIER (207251-11)
- R E FLOOD (207251-12)
- ALMSHOUSES ON COTMANDENE INCLUDING SUSANNA SMITH&#x27;S CHARITY (207251-13)
- HENRY SMITH (207251-14)
- MARGARET FENWICK (207251-15)
- SAMUEL COSEN (207251-16)
- THOMAS STILWELL&#x27;S BEQUEST (207251-17)
- JOHN SANDERS&#x27; (207251-18)
- RENTCHARGE OUT OF POOR FOLK&#x27;S CLOSE (207251-2)
- LOIS UNWIN&#x27;S BEQUEST (207251-20)
- JOSEPH SANDERS (207251-21)
- RICHARD LOWNDES&#x27; GIFT (207251-22)
- JOHN ADEE CURTIS BEQUEST (207251-23)
- LADY ELIZABETH JANE WATHEN&#x27;S BEQUEST (207251-24)
- THOMAS SUMMERS (207251-3)
- WILLIAM ANSELL (207251-4)
- ELLEN LOUISA TAYLOR (207251-5)
- WILLIAM JAMES BISHOP (207251-6)
- CHARLES SPRATTEY (207251-7)
- H L GROUNDSELL (207251-8)
- K S CLARK (207251-9)



