Dorset Mind

Analysis

Dorset Mind is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in February 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05333018). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dorset Mind reported income of £1.1m and spending of £955k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £811k to £1.1m (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Dorset Mind sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Momentum Children's Charity (£1.1m), Wandsworth Oasis Trading Company Limited (£1.1m) and Headway Norfolk and Waveney Ltd (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 56% and donations and legacies 44%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £11k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.6%. Reserves of £135k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 39 people.