Blandford Forum Charities

Analysis

Blandford Forum Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in February 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Blandford Forum Charities reported income of £305k and spending of £218k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £244k to £305k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Blandford Forum Charities sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Exodus Project (£305k), Gloucester City Mission (£305k) and S Pinter Youth Project (£305k).