Dorchester Community Church

Analysis

Dorchester Community Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorchester. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Dorchester Community Church reported income of £188k and spending of £167k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £173k to £188k (+8.9%), an average of +2.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Dorchester Community Church sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lunch Positive (£188k), Newstead Colliery Miners' Welfare Trust (£189k) and Matrix Neurological (£188k).