Dorset Race Equality Council

Analysis

Dorset Race Equality Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in June 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05018604). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dorset Race Equality Council reported income of £48k and spending of £59k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £165k to £48k (-71%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 109% 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 Race Equality Council sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dance Scholarship Trust (£48k), Kenfig Hill and District Male Voice Choir (£48k) and Marching & Performing Arts United Kingdom (£48k).

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.