Access Dorset Ltd

Analysis

Access Dorset Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07384409). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Access Dorset Ltd reported income of £151k and spending of £181k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £215k to £151k (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Access Dorset Ltd sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Paul Strank Charitable Trust (£151k), Masjid Al Momineen (£151k) and The Halima Eileen Foundation for Children (£151k).

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.