Active Dorset

Analysis

Active Dorset is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Active Dorset reported income of £987k and spending of £837k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £121k to £987k (+716%), an average of +69% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 115%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Active Dorset sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Support2achieve (£986k), Mount Batten Centre Charity Trust (£987k) and Jubilee Park Woodhall Spa Limited (£985k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 37% of spending and raising funds 63%. Reserves of £638k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate.