EAST DORSET HERITAGE TRUST

Registered charity 1002126 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EDHT

To stimulate public interest and care for the landscape, wildlife, archaeology, architecture, heritage and history of East Dorset and Dorset as a whole.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£201k
Latest spending
£193k
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust entered the year in a strong financial position with total unrestricted funds of £359,645, achieving a surplus of £8,111 for the year. The trustees report that the level of general reserves is in line with their stated risk-based policy, providing a prudent buffer for future operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — East Dorset Heritage Trust UK (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£201k£193k
30/09/2024£175k£156k
30/09/2023£178k£160k
30/09/2022£180k£135k
30/09/2021£168k£119k

Common questions

Is EAST DORSET HERITAGE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust entered the year in a strong financial position with total unrestricted funds of £359,645, achieving a surplus of £8,111 for the year. The trustees report that the level of general reserves is in line with their stated risk-based policy, providing a prudent buffer for future operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/01/2004£5k"Storytelling Will Be Made More Accessible Through The Creation Of Story Trail Workshops For People Of All Ages."

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DORSET HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EAST DORSET HERITAGE TRUST£201k0unclearno doubt
THE DORSET HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST FY2025£152k0unclearno doubt
THE DORSET HEALTH TRUST LIMITED FY2025£187k0unclearno doubt
THE DORSET NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY FY2025£1.0m£60,001 - £70,0001unclearno doubt
EAST SUFFOLK TRUST FY2025£3.7m0aboveno doubt
DORSET WILDLIFE TRUST FY2024£7.3m£70,001 - £80,000withinno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.