The Dorset Children's Foundation

Analysis

The Dorset Children's Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Dorset Children's Foundation reported income of £427k and spending of £467k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £344k to £427k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Dorset Children's Foundation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Action for Happiness (£426k), The Langdon Foundation (£427k) and St Mary's Centre Community Trust (£426k).