Dover College Scholarship and Prize Fund
Analysis
Dover College Scholarship and Prize Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dover. It was registered in January 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals.
In the financial year ending August 2025, Dover College Scholarship and Prize Fund reported income of £11k and spending of £26k, spending 238% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £9,426 to £11k (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 262% of the income it received.
Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Dover College Scholarship and Prize Fund sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charney Bassett and Lyford Educational Trust (£11k), Friends of Stanford School (£11k) and Lent Rise Parent Teacher Association (£11k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
Provision of Scholarships and Bursaries for pupils at Dover College. In particular, through the Bostock Wheeler Scholarships, funding the education of a boy or girl whose mother or father or adoptive mother or father or any two them are deceased.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Charney Bassett and Lyford Educational Trust | Wantage | £11k |
| Friends of Stanford School | Faringdon | £11k |
| Lent Rise Parent Teacher Association | Slough | £11k |
| Birchwood Primary School Parents, Teachers and Friends Association | Ipswich | £11k |