Volunteer Centre Dorset

Analysis

Volunteer Centre Dorset is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorchester. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05685988). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Volunteer Centre Dorset reported income of £422k and spending of £479k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £405k to £422k (+4.3%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Volunteer Centre Dorset sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Special Needs Advisory and Activities Project (£422k), The WM Morrison Darlington Enterprise Trust (£422k) and Myton Church (£422k).