DORCHESTER ARTS

Registered charity 1015546 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DORCHESTER ARTS CENTRE

Latest income

£559k

Latest spending

£546k

Registered

1992

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£559k

Total spending

£546k

Cost of raising funds

£8k

Reserves (reported)

£94k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Received assets from another charity (14/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (17/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (15/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

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

Operates in: Dorset

Funders whose own accounts filings name DORCHESTER ARTS as a grant recipient include THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST, DORSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k
DORSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£10k

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/03/2006	£10k	"Dorchester Festival"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/02/2005	£5k	"A Danish Children'S Called Circus Kaephoj Will Visit Dorchester In June 2005 As Part Of A Town Twinning Exchange, Performing Matinees And Ev"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/01/2004	£3k	"School Children Will Have The Opportunity To Take Part In A Culturally Diverse Arts Education Programme As Part Of The Dorchester Festival."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	28/03/2002	£3k	"This arts centre will use their award for a digital reminiscence project for older people focussing on 'The 50s and 50 Years On', from the C"