Dorset Community Association

Analysis

Dorset Community Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dorset Community Association reported income of £47k and spending of £43k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £84k to £47k (-44%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Community Association sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust (£47k), Calne Lions Club Charity Trust Fund (£47k) and St Helier & Surrey Kpa (Kidney Patients Association) (£47k).