Citizens Advice in East Dorset and Purbeck Ltd

Analysis

Citizens Advice in East Dorset and Purbeck Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in March 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03510199). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice in East Dorset and Purbeck Ltd reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.2m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £936k to £1.3m (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Citizens Advice in East Dorset and Purbeck Ltd sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carers Link - Lancashire (£1.3m), Phoenix Women's Aid (£1.3m) and Age UK Ealing (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Reserves of £544k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 39 people.