The Dorset Environmental Records Centre Trust Company Limited

Analysis

The Dorset Environmental Records Centre Trust Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorchester. It was registered in January 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02447393). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Dorset Environmental Records Centre Trust Company Limited reported income of £277k and spending of £241k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £173k to £277k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Dorset Environmental Records Centre Trust Company Limited sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whitehall Dog Rescue (£277k), Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Liverpool Branch (£277k) and Pawz for Thought (£276k).