Who are Sherborne Chamber

What we do

The Sherborne Chamber of Trade and Commerce exists to promote its members’ businesses and the wider business community and town beyond. It has a membership in excess of 150 and welcomes new members to join.

The Chamber is involved in just about every event that takes place in the town, supporting the Sherborne community, attracting media interest and making the experience of visitors to the town more memorable.

We are involved with a number of local groups and forums to improve life in Sherborne and to promote business opportunities.  We have good links with local schools and charitable organisations and involve them in projects whenever we can.  The Chamber also contributes to the town by supporting summer and winter hanging baskets, Christmas trees and of course the town’s annual Festive Shopping Day.

Up and down the country, there are tales of doom and gloom regarding the state of our high streets. Here in Sherborne we have a different story to tell and we are delighted to welcome new stores. We’d also like to stress that the Chamber is also here to support the businesses in outlying villages, which may not have such an organisation.

We are focusing very hard on trying to make sure our members feel value in their membership. We offer free training sessions throughout the year on varying topics from HR and Employment Law to group sessions with a local Business Coach. We will happily promote member’s news on our News page and post events on our Events page

Get in touch

  • Lynda Martin

    CHAIRPERSON

    Lynda has lived in Sherborne for just over 30 years. She has worked at Sherborne Abbey School for over 28 years now. Lynda has been on several committees over the years, as chairperson, treasurer and secretary.

  • Nick Hunt

    TREASURER

    Nick is Director and owner of Sherborne’s Hunts Accountants. Nick began his accounting career with Yeovil based firm Hunt Wagstaff., Nick set up Hunts in 1998. Since then Nick has provided insight, strategy and accounting support to over 1100 clients, serving as accountant bedrock to businesses in Sherborne and throughout Dorset and Somerset. Nick has been involved with Sherborne Chamber of Trade for over 10 years now.

  • Denise Hepburn

    VICE CHAIR

    Denise is a Thermomix Consultant

  • James Griffen

    SECRETARY AND COORDINATOR

    James is the new secretary and coordinator for the chamber, and the person behind the emails at info@sherbornechamber.co.uk

  • Gemma Wells

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

    Eastbury Hotel Manager

  • Tim Downer

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

    Tim is a Coffee Addicted Chamber Committee Member living in Holwell just outside Sherborne, and is also one of the founders’ of Smiley Myley Dog Accessories. Tim is also the Creative Director of Innovation by Design, helping new business create eCommerce websites and has digital products for sale, especially for the cleaning industry, along with a new product - CleanQuote Solutions, a contract cleaning pricing App.

  • Dominic Cole

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

    Chief Executive officer of Heartfelt Care

  • Robert Ford (Awaiting Profile image)

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

    Robert is from Abbey 104 radio station, right here in Sherborne

  • Hannah Wilkins (Awaiting Profile image)

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

    Hannah owns the Vinyards of Sherborne