The Dorchester Keep Military Museum Trust

Analysis

The Dorchester Keep Military Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorchester. It was registered in October 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Dorchester Keep Military Museum Trust reported income of £270k and spending of £162k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income grew from £117k to £270k (+131%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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, The Dorchester Keep Military Museum Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Montage Theatre Arts (£270k), The Thomas Rawcliffe Charitable Trust (£270k) and Churchstoke Village Hall (£270k).