Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre

Analysis

Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in August 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05149333). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre reported income of £282k and spending of £251k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £161k to £282k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Shropshire Horticultural Society (£280k), The Woolston Eyes Conservation Group (£282k) and Sandwich Toll Bridge Fund (£279k).