# WIMBORNE MINSTER MODEL TOWN

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 298116
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 27, 1987
- **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=298116


## Contact

- **Address:** 16 King Street, Wimborne, Dorset
- **Postcode:** BH21 1DY
- **Phone:** 01202881924
- **Email:** info@wimborne-modeltown.com
- **Website:** www.wimborne-modeltown.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE OF WIMBORNE MINSTER TOWN ITS HISTORY ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND LAYOUT INCLUDING THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE TOWN THROUGH THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A PERMANENT COLLECTION OF MODEL BUILDINGS SHOWING WIMBORNE MINSTER TOWN AS IT WAS IN 1950 AND TO INCLUDE APPROPRIATE LANDSCAPING.

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Dorset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 31, 2025 | £245113 | £204740 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2024 | £204000 | £219000 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2023 | £213104 | £197501 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2022 | £202403 | £165745 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2021 | £283353 | £147059 | — | — |



## Trustees

- David Penri Jones — appointed July 29, 2025
- Heather Jane Birchenough — appointed July 29, 2025
- Iain McIntosh Stevenson — appointed Sept. 29, 2025
- Jill King — appointed Nov. 1, 2021
- MICHAEL JOHN HOPKINS — appointed Nov. 1, 2019