Dorset Search Dogs

Analysis

Dorset Search Dogs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in January 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dorset Search Dogs reported income of £11k and spending of £12k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £29k to £11k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 794%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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 Search Dogs sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 28% 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 Yelvertoft and District Relief in Sickness Fund (£11k), Morriston Hospital League of Friends (£11k) and Beatasthma (£11k).