Dorset Mental Health Forum

Analysis

Dorset Mental Health Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorchester. It was registered in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dorset Mental Health Forum reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.5m (+23%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Dorset Mental Health Forum sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Valuable 500 Foundation (£1.5m), Yateley Industries for the Disabled Limited (£1.5m) and St Helens Carers Centre (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%, investments 2.5% and donations and legacies 1.5%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £403k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 68 people.