# THE DOBSON TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 283158
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Sept. 15, 1981
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=283158


## Contact

- **Address:** MEDWAY COUNCIL, GUN WHARF, DOCK ROAD, CHATHAM
- **Postcode:** ME4 4TR
- **Phone:** 01634332319
- **Email:** robin.baker@medway.gov.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE USE, ENJOYMENT AND BENEFIT OF THE AGED PEOPLE WITIN THE BOROUGH OF GILLINGHAM.

**Activities:** The Trust was set up in 1981 by a bequest from Mr W. H. Dobson (a former Gillingham Borough Council engineer) for the purpose of providing enjoyment and welfare to elderly people in the Gillingham Borough Area. The trust exercise this duty by giving grants to groups providing welfare for the elderly, as well as making direct grants to individuals.

**Area of benefit:** THE BOROUGH OF GILLINGHAM




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Elderly/old People



## Areas of operation

- Medway



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1627 | £4852 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £1594 | £1994 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £1593 | £1568 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £6562 | £5028 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £5563 | £6440 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ROBERT RUSSELL** (Chair)
- JONATHAN BAYNES
- Jim Gilbourne — appointed May 2, 2023
- RODNEY CHAMBERS