Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre

Analysis

Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre reported income of £153k and spending of £258k, spending 169% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £110k to £153k (+39%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Petherton Arts Trust Limited (£153k), Norris Green Youth Centre Limited (£153k) and St Newlyn East Village Hall (£153k).