Dorset Scrapstore

Analysis

Dorset Scrapstore is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in July 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03870643). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dorset Scrapstore reported income of £78k and spending of £65k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £52k to £78k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Dorset Scrapstore sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The University of the Third Age Farnham and District (£78k), Cranleigh Heritage Trust (£78k) and Settle High School and Community College Fund (£78k).