Dorset Masonic Care

Analysis

Dorset Masonic Care is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dorset Masonic Care reported income of £14k and spending of £35k, spending 257% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6,779 to £14k (+101%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 465% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Dorset Masonic Care sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Road to Jannah (£14k), Thanet Lions Club(Cio) (£14k) and Friends of Edith Borthwick School (£14k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.