Trustees. Annual Report for the perlod
peri￿ start date
PerK¢l end d8to
From
To
Section A
Reference and administration details
Charfty n
Church E$tste of th8 Ecclesiastical Parish of Dorchester
Other namos charlty Is known
Registered charity number Ilf any
58024
Charity's prtncipal address
Alexandra Road
ester
ostcode
T12LZ
Names of the charlty trustees who manage the charity
Datès a¢t•d if not for ￿t￿lE
Trust•• J)am•
Office fif any)
Nam¢ of ￿r$0￿ lor bottyl •ntMled to
int trustèè
If a
By virtue of position as Team
Rector of Dorth8Ster and Ihe
Wintefbornes
Revd Keith Magee
Chairman
Mrs Janet Cooper
Mrs Valerie Hellin
RoFe as Churchwarden
From May 2024
Until May 2024
Role as Churchwarden
Role as Churchwarden
Mrs Helen Lange
10
12
14
15
16
17
18
19
Names of the trustees for the charlty, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
ame
ales acted if not for whole
ear
None

Names and addresses of advlsers (Optional Infomiath?n)
of advlser
Nam•
Address
one
Name of chief executfve or names of senlor staff memb•rs (Optional infornlatlon)
one
Section B
Structure,
overnance and mana
ement
Description of tho charhy'$ trusts
Type of governing document
rust deed
How the ¢harty is constituted
rust
Trustee selection methods
ppointed by virtue of posibon as Rector of Dorchester or as Chu￿hwarden
Dorchester
Additional governaft￿ Issues (Optlonal Infom7ationl
The Trust Deed requires Ihe Trustees to be the Rector and Churchwardens
of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Dorchester: this parish has been subsumed
into the current Benefice of Dorchester and the Wintertjomes. The Rector of
Dorchester is now Ihe Team Rector of th8 benefica and the Churthwardens
of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Dorchestfjr are now the Churchwardens at St
George's, St Mary's and St Petèrfs ¢hurch8s in the benefice.
You may choose to include
additional information. whe
relevant, about=
policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees:
Ihg charity's organisational
structure and any widar
nèfvrork with which the charity
works;
• relationshlp with any relaied
parknes.,
trustees, consideration of
major risks and the system
and procedures to manage
them.
Section C
Ob ectives and activities
The Trustees shall apply th8 clear incomè of the Charity for furthering the
religious and other d￿ritable work of the C￿[ch of England in the said
ecclesiastical parish
Summary of the obkcts ofthe
charlty s61 out In its
governlng document

Grants lo the church committ88s of St. George's, St Mary's and St P8t8r's
churches. {b8in9 the churches falling within the said Ecclesiastical Parish
of Dorchester) and the Parochial Chutch Council of Oorchester to enable
the fUrthe￿n(4 of religious and other charitable work of the Church of
England. the Twstees having regard to the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefft.
Summary oftho main
activities undertaken for the
publlc benefft In relatlon to
these objects (include within
this sectlon the statutory
declaration that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
Issued by the Charfty
Commlsslon on publlc
beneflt)
Addltlonal detalls of oblectlves and activities (Optional inforniation)
The Hon TreasuTer, Mrs Jill Minchin, and the Hon Secretary. Mrs Caroline
Mcmeiken. receive no remuneration OT expens8s for their time or work for
the Tnjst. None of the Trustees recèive remUneratiC￿ or expenses for their
time or work for the TrusL
You may choose to include
further statements, where
relevant. about..
policy on grantmaking.
policy programme related
investment.,
contribution made by
volunb8rs.

Section D
Achievements and performance
Projects have cLJntinu8d to move foThiard this year. and linked applications
for grants and fresh applications were made in 2024. There has been no
buil(&up of funds over the preceding y8ar. The Trust has continued lo
mak8 grants lo a churd) wmmittee to support a family foodbank seNing
Dorchesler.
Summary of the maln
achievements of the charity
during the year
During 2024 grants totalling £21.302 have bean paid to St Mary's church
committee to help with repairs and maintenance of the building and
churchyard, including £19.WO regarding ￿akIng roof5 and surveys, £1.850
in respect of probl8rns highlighted in the Quinquennial report, £750 to a
local foodbank and family support charity. and varp)us outreadi projects.
including Church Christrras cards. £5.436 was gr2nted to St P8ler's
church committee induding money toward necessary repair works, further
expenses re the rèrnoval of the slavery memorial in the church. and
outreach projects. A grant of £1,OCKI was made to the PCC to support thelr
financial assistance t<)wards repairs to St Andrew's church West Stafford, a
church in the wider BenefKe. A totsl of £27.738 was therefore paid in
grants during 2024.
The 2021 grant of £10.tX)O regarding St George's tower lead was
cancelled Ihis year due to the d8lay in commencement of this Work,
however grant of £l.0(K) in respect of their toilet roof has now been
paid.
The Trustees continued lo make an annual grant totalling £6,400 towards
the staffing and upkeep of the Dorchester Parish Office. lh8 administralion
of which provides an essential element in furthering tM)th th8 r81igious and
charitable work of the Church of England in this parish.
The TNstees are ever mindful of the maint8nanc8 and upkeep of tha thrèè
churd)es in lh8 Patish and to Ihis end conlinue to consider grants in
respect of emèrgency Works to the buildings in their care,. if the bulldlngs
are not usable the work of the churches will be ham￿red.

Section E
Financial review
The charity has no policy on reseNes; the Trust's yearly income is entirely
and immediatety available for grants. income in hand at tho end of any
financial year is carrie(l over to the fotlowing year to b8 used for grants.
Brlef statemont of the
charlty's policy on reserves
Details of any funds malerfally
In deficit
None.
Further fina￿la1 review detalls (Optlonal Infomiatlon)
The Trustèes have continued to adrninister th8 Trusrs incom8 this year
and expenditure has again ex￿eded ir￿Orne. ansuring that there has been
no build-up of income. There is no intention on th8 Trust88s' part lo
stockpile income and they wish to Use as much as possible of the Trust's
income for its stated purpose.
You may choose to include
additional infomiation, where
r6￿Vaftt about:
the charity's principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)-
how expenditure has
supported the key objectives
of thè charty,.
inv8Stment policy and
objectives induding any
ethical investrnent policy
adopted.
The Trust's income arises from two sources: interest on investrnents with
M & G's Charifvnd and Charibond and Black Rc¢k's Charinco. and rentsl
income from a leasehohj on8-bedroom8d ftat owned by the Trust.
The Twst has no employe85 or volunteers and does not fundraise; its
entire ino)mé is used for the purposes set out in the Trust Dged.
Section F
Other optional information
Section G
Declaration
The tru5tee5 declare that they have approved the trustees, report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity's Irustees
Slgnature(s)
Full name(s
eith Robert Mag
hair
ill Margaret Minchin
reasurer
Dat
O March 2025

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ICCLLSIA) I ICAL IIAKISII Olr iiui(LIiLS'TEI Ri
CHIlRITI' CO.II%IISSIO.N NL &Jov&4
RECEiwfs ASI D PAI'IMEthYTS ACCOUiYf A%4D
ATEMENT OF ASSETS AN
LIABILITIES FOR TIIE FINAN'CIAL YEAR TO 31 DEC'£,IIBEII 2024
GENEk4L FUIgD
RECEIPTS
INIIES'I'N4Ehrr INLUN4E
& (s Lharifund Units
M & G chi1nt￿>nd iiniL
fligrinro Ilnil.$
BL-..k• lTh+er%t
Rehl 7 The Coop¢r8g¢
2()24
2CJ23
'TrS, J4)¢
127
329
111077
460
TOTAL REC.Eivr.s
PA YMETrT.S
CIIAtUTABLE PAY.¥IENTS
Granls- PCC r¢ Parish Ofriit Siiiff
rcL FC r'arisD utiic£ t4uipmcni
6.000
400
2S,160
16.421
SL Pd¢r"s iliurLh 4￿7uni11Ce
5.436
35.138
7 T4e Cooperage iAsuranee.8round
rtnv cosis
Br£iYcTV ￿q￿arC xThicc chargc
AgcRts'. Conirnission 1404
624
1.748
1.601
,07:
150
1.683
1.080
l%alance of c(Jst i)f leAk repairs
TOTAL PAI fvJEfyTS
41.Y22
62.47.4
EXCESS OF PAI'IMEINTS
OVER RECEII'TS
LASH FU.NDS LAST YEAR END
CASH F15NDS TIII% YEAR EliD
1?6A?O

THE fHI_;RCH E.ST*TE nF THE. EC'eLE.Sl.a.STIC'AL. PARI.SH OF DORCHESTER
- CIIAklTY COhl%llSSION I'L'%IL£R 258024
PICEIPTS AN'D P.4Y%lES￿' S ACCO
T AND STATE%IE)T OF ASSETR AN'D
LIIIBILITIES FOR THE FIISAN
IAL YEAR T
31DE
EIllBER ?014
CASH FbliDS
Jo)'d- BJ-.:
Llotrds Cur¥erJi nwfjlbnl
3.300
PERMAIYEIYT ENDOWME.NT
IIYVESTMEIYT .4SSETS - PEILMAhiETriT ENDO¥VMENT
COJT TO DATE
CUR￿.￿1 T
VALL'r.
INvr.s'TNif.WT Assf.TS"
Aa?UIRf.Di
SOLD
I tasehiTrld i The C(Kym9e. t)nTCh￿tr
79.88 l.SlTr
i fh1rifils￿ l lnii-
?.?1￿￿
419,7fi7
594.
fvf & G Charibon J•iit-
2,799
1.41752
Charinch Inc UttÉts
5.?97
4.845
J?7
4J",
TnTAI. INVLgfMEWI T ASSETS
LI.4BILITIES
Approfvcd b) Ihc Doard of vn i OliArch ?11?<
And aigncd on its bchali bv .........
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L()NFIDENTI.4L
PAstre 4

RECEIPTS .4.P•iD PAI'MENTS ACCOLlhlT AND
.4i'l'A'I'Tr',M*'.N'I' C)Tr' A.¥*%*:'1'S ANI) I.IARII.I"I'IP:S
Under Section 133 ot.the Chanties Act 2011
THE CHURCH ESTATE OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH
OF DORCHESTER
LHARITY LOMMISSION NU.MBER )j80)a
FOR THL bThiANCIAL YEAR TU 31 DECEN4BER 2024
I)F.I 'LARATIOI
The account oet out on page i for the finuncial vMr enaed on the Jbo%'e dilte.
and the statement of assets and liabilities at that da.e ￿[ oui on page 4 are a"
appToved by ihe Trusteps.
Sigiiature
Dat¥ ...
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Ayir4
Forwarded by
MRS 111 L Trvl.4RG.4RET MINCHIN
.4LEXANDRA RUAD
DORCHESTER
DUIISE"I' D'I"1 :L£
Davtime Telephone N'o 01305 "63757
Piixr

INDEPENDEIIT E.L4MINER'S REPORT
to the I'rnstees of
TIIE
HURCII ESTATE OF THE EeCL￿1AST1(AL P.4RISH OF IKIRCHESTER
I repnrr tsn the Jccounff ot liie fnjst tar the vear enda.1 I ljecemher 21)24 which are sel nut nn pape.8
3to4.
Respe¢tive r¢spollsibilÈtte5 of tbe trustees eramitter
Th¢ iharily s tru51ees are re5POllStble for the prwardiiun oi iti¢ acLUUniS. The charity's Truslee¥
c1}n￿l￿1er Ih¢il ¢in Aiiilil is nni wiiire(I Ihi% v￿r jiiniler ReL'Ii4)n 144 1)f liie i ￿rIlle.% Acl 21111
Ithe Chd?rilie4 Act'i") and 7hAi in indeptnrtcsbi exa1￿1￿211C1r1 1% need￿_
li i) rny rcspon>ibility to:
¢xaiihiiie ilit aLLoiiiits {ui)dd >Thlivii 145 of lh¢ CliaKiti¢s ALI!
tfi *tsllth￿ rhe pmcedTrTrres IAid The fienerai r)iTecfinn.4 pl￿eTt hv the fharity
Cominissionets (under section 144(5Yb} of the Charities.4ct): and
tv Stal¢ wlh¥tli¢J" p￿tI¥ll1￿ IMv¥ iu*))e to t))y alt¢iitioiJ
Basi5 of Indepeudent examiner's report
My examination wa£ i%Arripd OJJ! in accordance with the fJeneral Directions given by ihe
Ch)ri4' Coruni--:
cneiJ. I w. =xamination include5 a rel'ie￿. ot-th- accoLr.::r.g -.
the Trust and a compar4son of Ihe accounts presenled 55.ith those records. It alA> incliudv
¢OliSid¢ratlvii of 4111y iinu>iial item> OT dis¢1ts57JreE the accothil> akid seekiiik) e%.planatioiis
fJDm vou irusrees concernin4 any such mjllers. fne procc<iurc8 unaerraken do not provide
all the evidrnc¢ ihai woitld ￿ required in an aL￿1! and Mnw.iipnily no opillion is (riven as ro wheiher
lh¥ ¢iLLLiunl> rr¢sviiI d Irnc dnd l%iif yiyw Eh¢ repirl litnlipxl io ihose ￿Llets sel in Ih¢
t.2temefti helftiv.
liideyeiideiil ¢X&iiiiikei s $l*leiiieul
In connection with my examination. ￿ mattpr ha% ffjme to my aueniion".
{ l-l ii.hich gii'e" ne reasonable ￿-e to belieN'e th￿ in any material r¢JP¢th the requirenenis
iv k¢¥p ￿0￿n{ing rrLVTds in i%'iih SeLliuii R30 of Ihe ChJrilie.. .4LI.
io preparp arroj.lnts which accord with ihe accounting TecoDJs and comply with the
accounting r4uiKnenis of the Charilie5 Act
.'e Aioi been met. or
(21 io which. in my opinion. allenrion should be drdwn iti ordcr ro enable a proper undersianding
rhf the aecoiJ
t to be re2¢hed.
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il CIIUI<CII ISTA Tl or Tll ,
ICCLLSIA) I ICAL IIAKISII Olr iiui(LIiLS'TEI Ri
CHIlRITI' CO.II%IISSIO.N NL &Jov&4
RECEiwfs ASI D PAI'IMEthYTS ACCOUiYf A%4D
ATEMENT OF ASSETS AN
LIABILITIES FOR TIIE FINAN'CIAL YEAR TO 31 DEC'£,IIBEII 2024
GENEk4L FUIgD
RECEIPTS
INIIES'I'N4Ehrr INLUN4E
& (s Lharifund Units
M & G chi1nt￿>nd iiniL
fligrinro Ilnil.$
BL-..k• lTh+er%t
Rehl 7 The Coop¢r8g¢
2()24
2CJ23
'TrS, J4)¢
127
329
111077
460
TOTAL REC.Eivr.s
PA YMETrT.S
CIIAtUTABLE PAY.¥IENTS
Granls- PCC r¢ Parish Ofriit Siiiff
rcL FC r'arisD utiic£ t4uipmcni
6.000
400
2S,160
16.421
SL Pd¢r"s iliurLh 4￿7uni11Ce
5.436
35.138
7 T4e Cooperage iAsuranee.8round
rtnv cosis
Br£iYcTV ￿q￿arC xThicc chargc
AgcRts'. Conirnission 1404
624
1.748
1.601
,07:
150
1.683
1.080
l%alance of c(Jst i)f leAk repairs
TOTAL PAI fvJEfyTS
41.Y22
62.47.4
EXCESS OF PAI'IMEINTS
OVER RECEII'TS
LASH FU.NDS LAST YEAR END
CASH F15NDS TIII% YEAR EliD
1?6A?O

THE fHI_;RCH E.ST*TE nF THE. EC'eLE.Sl.a.STIC'AL. PARI.SH OF DORCHESTER
- CIIAklTY COhl%llSSION I'L'%IL£R 258024
PICEIPTS AN'D P.4Y%lES￿' S ACCO
T AND STATE%IE)T OF ASSETR AN'D
LIIIBILITIES FOR THE FIISAN
IAL YEAR T
31DE
EIllBER ?014
CASH FbliDS
Jo)'d- BJ-.:
Llotrds Cur¥erJi nwfjlbnl
3.300
PERMAIYEIYT ENDOWME.NT
IIYVESTMEIYT .4SSETS - PEILMAhiETriT ENDO¥VMENT
COJT TO DATE
CUR￿.￿1 T
VALL'r.
INvr.s'TNif.WT Assf.TS"
Aa?UIRf.Di
SOLD
I tasehiTrld i The C(Kym9e. t)nTCh￿tr
79.88 l.SlTr
i fh1rifils￿ l lnii-
?.?1￿￿
419,7fi7
594.
fvf & G Charibon J•iit-
2,799
1.41752
Charinch Inc UttÉts
5.?97
4.845
J?7
4J",
TnTAI. INVLgfMEWI T ASSETS
LI.4BILITIES
Approfvcd b) Ihc Doard of vn i OliArch ?11?<
And aigncd on its bchali bv .........
.. Tntstcc
L()NFIDENTI.4L
PAstre 4

RECEIPTS .4.P•iD PAI'MENTS ACCOLlhlT AND
.4i'l'A'I'Tr',M*'.N'I' C)Tr' A.¥*%*:'1'S ANI) I.IARII.I"I'IP:S
Under Section 133 ot.the Chanties Act 2011
THE CHURCH ESTATE OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH
OF DORCHESTER
LHARITY LOMMISSION NU.MBER )j80)a
FOR THL bThiANCIAL YEAR TU 31 DECEN4BER 2024
I)F.I 'LARATIOI
The account oet out on page i for the finuncial vMr enaed on the Jbo%'e dilte.
and the statement of assets and liabilities at that da.e ￿[ oui on page 4 are a"
appToved by ihe Trusteps.
Sigiiature
Dat¥ ...
Jni.¥lLY' uiiIIHJri.Icd Ic).iisiii
li belFulftif<ill fi-tisieL.%
Full Naii)e
Ayir4
Forwarded by
MRS 111 L Trvl.4RG.4RET MINCHIN
.4LEXANDRA RUAD
DORCHESTER
DUIISE"I' D'I"1 :L£
Davtime Telephone N'o 01305 "63757
Piixr

INDEPENDEIIT E.L4MINER'S REPORT
to the I'rnstees of
TIIE
HURCII ESTATE OF THE EeCL￿1AST1(AL P.4RISH OF IKIRCHESTER
I repnrr tsn the Jccounff ot liie fnjst tar the vear enda.1 I ljecemher 21)24 which are sel nut nn pape.8
3to4.
Respe¢tive r¢spollsibilÈtte5 of tbe trustees eramitter
Th¢ iharily s tru51ees are re5POllStble for the prwardiiun oi iti¢ acLUUniS. The charity's Truslee¥
c1}n￿l￿1er Ih¢il ¢in Aiiilil is nni wiiire(I Ihi% v￿r jiiniler ReL'Ii4)n 144 1)f liie i ￿rIlle.% Acl 21111
Ithe Chd?rilie4 Act'i") and 7hAi in indeptnrtcsbi exa1￿1￿211C1r1 1% need￿_
li i) rny rcspon>ibility to:
¢xaiihiiie ilit aLLoiiiits {ui)dd >Thlivii 145 of lh¢ CliaKiti¢s ALI!
tfi *tsllth￿ rhe pmcedTrTrres IAid The fienerai r)iTecfinn.4 pl￿eTt hv the fharity
Cominissionets (under section 144(5Yb} of the Charities.4ct): and
tv Stal¢ wlh¥tli¢J" p￿tI¥ll1￿ IMv¥ iu*))e to t))y alt¢iitioiJ
Basi5 of Indepeudent examiner's report
My examination wa£ i%Arripd OJJ! in accordance with the fJeneral Directions given by ihe
Ch)ri4' Coruni--:
cneiJ. I w. =xamination include5 a rel'ie￿. ot-th- accoLr.::r.g -.
the Trust and a compar4son of Ihe accounts presenled 55.ith those records. It alA> incliudv
¢OliSid¢ratlvii of 4111y iinu>iial item> OT dis¢1ts57JreE the accothil> akid seekiiik) e%.planatioiis
fJDm vou irusrees concernin4 any such mjllers. fne procc<iurc8 unaerraken do not provide
all the evidrnc¢ ihai woitld ￿ required in an aL￿1! and Mnw.iipnily no opillion is (riven as ro wheiher
lh¥ ¢iLLLiunl> rr¢sviiI d Irnc dnd l%iif yiyw Eh¢ repirl litnlipxl io ihose ￿Llets sel in Ih¢
t.2temefti helftiv.
liideyeiideiil ¢X&iiiiikei s $l*leiiieul
In connection with my examination. ￿ mattpr ha% ffjme to my aueniion".
{ l-l ii.hich gii'e" ne reasonable ￿-e to belieN'e th￿ in any material r¢JP¢th the requirenenis
iv k¢¥p ￿0￿n{ing rrLVTds in i%'iih SeLliuii R30 of Ihe ChJrilie.. .4LI.
io preparp arroj.lnts which accord with ihe accounting TecoDJs and comply with the
accounting r4uiKnenis of the Charilie5 Act
.'e Aioi been met. or
(21 io which. in my opinion. allenrion should be drdwn iti ordcr ro enable a proper undersianding
rhf the aecoiJ
t to be re2¢hed.
RelcryaniprnfL￿.A..S./(1K￿I qiiolificaiiejn or h(Kly." 6htlK &frb)
A¢l¢lru.s.'