Dorset County Arts and Crafts Association

Analysis

Dorset County Arts and Crafts Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Weymouth. It was registered in September 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Dorset County Arts and Crafts Association reported income of £29k and spending of £27k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £13k to £29k (+114%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Dorset County Arts and Crafts Association sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Village Hall Compton Bassett (£29k), Wessex Male Choir (£29k) and Friends of the Norwich Museums (£28k).