Dover College

Analysis

Dover College is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dover. It was registered in June 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Dover College reported income of £5.8m and spending of £6.3m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5.2m to £5.8m (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Dover College sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lochinver House School (£5.7m), PMC Education Trust (£5.8m) and Aldro School Educational Trust Limited (£5.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, trading 5.5% and donations and legacies 2.1%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.1%. Reserves of £2.0m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 111 people.

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.