Dorset Youth for Christ

Analysis

Dorset Youth for Christ is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Dorset Youth for Christ reported income of £162k and spending of £173k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £66k to £162k (+147%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Dorset Youth for Christ sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fareham Baptist New Life Church (£162k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Church Hulme (£162k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Witley in the Diocese of Guildford (£162k).