The Dodbrooke Parish Charity

Analysis

The Dodbrooke Parish Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kingsbridge. It was registered in October 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Dodbrooke Parish Charity reported income of £29k and spending of £32k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £25k to £29k (+17%), an average of +4.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Dodbrooke Parish Charity sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland Benevolent Fund (£29k), City Church Chester (£29k) and Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand) (£29k).