Recreate Dorset

Analysis

Recreate Dorset is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in November 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08107118). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Recreate Dorset reported income of £228k and spending of £221k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £88k to £228k (+159%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Recreate Dorset sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Letchworth Foodbank (£228k), York Baptist Church (£228k) and Kensington House Trust (£228k).