Charity of Edgar Ralph Dore

Analysis

Charity of Edgar Ralph Dore is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Isle of Wight. It was registered in April 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Charity of Edgar Ralph Dore reported income of £19k and spending of £22k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £14k to £19k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 146% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Charity of Edgar Ralph Dore sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heston Parochial Charities (£19k), Orphan Aid Association (£19k) and The Hull Trinity House Fund (£19k).

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.