Citizens Advice Central Dorset Limited

Analysis

Citizens Advice Central Dorset Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in October 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04188591). It says it provides human resources, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice Central Dorset Limited reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.3m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.4m (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Citizens Advice Central Dorset Limited 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 West Berkshire Training Consortium (£1.4m), Nurture Education Trust Ltd (£1.4m) and Women's Technology Training Limited (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, donations and legacies 2.1% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £436k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 51 people.