Dorset Road Community Centre (Atherton) Limited

Analysis

Dorset Road Community Centre (Atherton) Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in September 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03559913). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Dorset Road Community Centre (Atherton) Limited reported income of £56k and spending of £59k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £31k to £56k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Dorset Road Community Centre (Atherton) Limited sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Downham Dementia (£56k), Angel Advocates (£56k) and Derby and Derbyshire Disabled Soldiers Settlement (£56k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.