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Dorset Parent Carer Council

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1191487near DorchesterGrant-making and general purposes
Income£68k2025-03-31
Spending£66ksame year
Spent / received65%5-year average
Size in its cause76th pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered2020Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Dorset Parent Carer Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in near Dorchester. It was registered in September 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dorset Parent Carer Council reported income of £68k and spending of £66k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £33k to £68k (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 211%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Dorset Parent Carer Council sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include F R Ratcliff Charitable Settlement (£68k), The E and N Watson Charity (£68k) and The James Neill Trust Fund (£68k).

Income and spending

£0£27k£55k£82k£110k2021 Income: £32,6662021 Spending: £22,87620212022 Income: £101,5122022 Spending: £31,77520222023 Income: £109,7092023 Spending: £38,82220232024 Income: £37,8852024 Spending: £67,05820242025 Income: £67,7992025 Spending: £65,9502025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Parent participation and coproduction forum for families with disabled children and young people with additional needs in Dorset (age 0-25 years)

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F R Ratcliff Charitable SettlementWorcestershire£68k
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The James Neill Trust FundWorksop£68k
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