Dorset South and West Circuit

Analysis

Dorset South and West Circuit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Weymouth. It was registered in December 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Dorset South and West Circuit reported income of £260k and spending of £440k, spending 169% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £471k to £260k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 151% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Dorset South and West Circuit sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God Newness of Life Christian Centre (£260k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Good Shepherd with St Peter, Lee (£260k) and Four Oaks Methodist Church (£260k).

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.