Body Positive Dorset

Analysis

Body Positive Dorset is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in August 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Body Positive Dorset reported income of £28k and spending of £71k, spending 251% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £32k to £28k (-12%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 278% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Body Positive Dorset sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% 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 The Caron Keating Foundation (£28k), Bangladesh Welfare Association Croydon Ltd (£28k) and Quarrington Hill Community Association (£28k).

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.