Emmaus Dover Ltd

Analysis

Emmaus Dover Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dover. It was registered in June 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03066614). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Emmaus Dover Ltd reported income of £774k and spending of £756k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £824k to £774k (-6.1%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Emmaus Dover Ltd sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reaching the Unreached (£773k), King's Church Medway (£774k) and Preston Ribble Methodist Circuit (£773k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 76%, donations and legacies 22% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £18k. Reserves of £365k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.