Charities in Dorchester

Newly registered

• New charityThu 8 Oct0.7 miles

  New charity: Buds Of Manor Park

  Registered with the Charity Commission on 8 October 2026.

  Park C Of E V A First School, Dorchester, DT1
• New charityTue 28 Jul0.2 miles

  New charity: Independent Custody Visiting Association

  The Independent Custody Visiting Association (ICVA) leads, supports and represents independent custody visiting schemes across the UK. These schemes manage local volunteers who make unannounced visits to police… Registered with the Charity Commission on 28 July 2026.

  High East Street, Dorchester, DT1

Every charity, biggest first

• Weldmar Hospicecare Provision of specialist palliative care to adults and their families, principally in the north, south, and west of Dorset. The charity has… £12.4m a year · Herringston Road · 0.95 miles
• Encompass Care Organisation Uk The principal activity of the Charity is to provide accommodation, care and support for adults with a learning disability or serious… £8.4m a year · Bridport Road · 1.4 miles
• The Alice Ellen Cooper-Dean Charitable Foundation The Foundation makes grants to charitable bodies in accordance with the objects set out in the trust deed. In addition to supporting local… £1.6m a year · High East Street · 0.2 miles
• Dorset Mental Health Forum The Dorset Mental Health Forum is a local peer led charity, which promotes the principles of wellbeing, recovery and coproduction through… £1.5m a year · Durngate Street · 0.15 miles
• Citizens Advice Central Dorset Limited Helping people to resolve legal, money and other problems, by providing free information and advice and by informing policy makers. £1.4m a year · Acland Road · 0.15 miles
• The Dorset Natural History And Archaeological Society The advancement of education for the benefit of the public in the areas of archaeology, natural sciences, literature, the fine and… £1.0m a year · High West Street · 0.2 miles
• Dorchester Agricultural Society Run the annual Dorset County Show incorporating classes for livestock, horticulture, homecraft and horses. Use the Show to promote… £908k a year · Acland Road · 0.1 miles
• Royal Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals West Dorset Branch The charity promotes the work and objects of the National RSPCA being to prevent cruelty, promote kindness to and alleviate suffering of… £900k a year · Kingston Maurward · 1.4 miles
• Dorset Community Action Supporting communities and voluntary organisations to deliver better projects and services through advice, training and development work.… £666k a year · Barrack Road · 0.4 miles
• Activate Performing Arts to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the general public in the arts generally and more particularly (but not limited… £642k a year · Barrack Road · 0.4 miles
• The Charity Of William Williams Grant making charity for the relief of the poor, sick and for educational needs £596k a year · Prince Of Wales Road · 0.15 miles
• Dorchester Arts Arts Centre £559k a year · Dorchester · 0.2 miles
• Summertime Nursery & Pre-School Summertime Nursery & Pre-School aim to provide the highest quality of childcare for the local, school and extended community in… £509k a year · Queens Avenue · 0.8 miles
• Age Uk Dorchester LTD The core purpose of Age UK Dorchester is to support older people to live in their own homes for as long as they want and ensure that the… £488k a year · Crown Square · 1.1 miles
• Relationships Wessex LTD The Charity provides a range of services to promote and support relationships. These services include counselling for couples,… £477k a year · Way · 1.1 miles
• The Home Of Devenish Provision of housing for retired or needy widows of Church of England Clergy and Officers in HM Armed Forces £439k a year · High East Street · 0.2 miles
• Volunteer Centre Dorset Volunteer Centre Dorset commits to promote, support and develop volunteering for all in Dorset. £422k a year · Acland Road · 0.1 miles
• Mosaic - Supporting Bereaved Children Mosaic- Supporting Bereaved Children offers a pathway of support for bereaved children, young people and their families across Dorset,… £422k a year · Somerleigh Gate · on your doorstep
• Association For Cognitive Analytic Therapy LTD Educating health professionals and promoting proper standards and good practice in Cognitive Analytic TherapyIncreasing awareness and… £401k a year · 0.35 miles
• The Talk About Trust The Talk About Trust supports young people, parents, carers, teachers & youth professionals to ensure that young people of all abilities… £365k a year · Pavilion In The Park · 0.85 miles
• Dorset Youth Association To ensure the development and recognition of a vibrant, strong and diverse voluntary sector with a focus on supporting on those aged 0-25… £355k a year · Lubbecke Way · 0.6 miles
• The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of Dorchester And West Stafford No change £354k a year · Maiden Castle Road · 0.6 miles
• The Dorset Environmental Records Centre Trust Company Limited The principal activity of the charity is the advancement of public education in the natural history and geology of Dorset. £277k a year · Bridport Road · 0.35 miles
• The Dorchester Keep Military Museum Trust The Charity governs The Keep Military Museum in Dorchester, in succession to The Devon and Dorset Military Museums Charity (1054956) £270k a year · Barrack Road · 0.35 miles
• Artsreach To promote, maintain, improve and advance education within the community at large and particularly in the rural areas of the County of… £256k a year · Barrack Road · 0.4 miles
• Dorchester Family Church WE PROVIDE CHRISTIAN FAITH BASED SERVICES TO ANYONE WHO WISHES TO ATTEND, USUALLY ON A SUNDAY MORNING. WE PROVIDE YOUTH GROUP AND… £253k a year · Red Cow Business Park · 0.8 miles
• Dorchester Baptist Church We are a church located in the heart of Dorchester, Dorset. We hope that you will discover a warm and friendly gathering of people -… £249k a year · Bridport Road · 0.25 miles
• Shire Hall (Dorchester) Trust The Shire Hall (Dorchester)Trust is an independent charity that operates the Historic Courthouse Museum at Dorset's Shire Hall. Our… £228k a year · High West Street · 0.15 miles
• Dorchester Community Nursery School Association Dorchester Community Nursery School is a pre-school setting offering sessional care extended to offer early starts and lunch club. £195k a year · York Road · 0.2 miles
• Dorchester Community Church We are a Christian Church but are not a part of any particular denomination. We believe the Bible is God's Word for us today. "Celebrating… £188k a year · Liscombe Street · 1.1 miles
• United Church Dorchester We are a Christian Community which meets together to worship, learn, act and care. We are based in a church building in the centre of… £173k a year · Charles Street · on your doorstep
• Dorset & South Wiltshire Area Quaker Meeting Furtherance of the religious and charitable purposes of the Religious Society of Friends primarily in Dorset and South Wiltshire £152k a year · Holloway Road · 0.4 miles
• Youth Cancer Trust (Uk) Limited Youth Cancer Trust delivers two core services: therapeutic wellbeing holidays in Dorset and secure digital support. These services are… £148k a year · Peverell Avenue East · 1.1 miles
• Dorchester Ymca Cio We offer primarily gymnastics for all and table tennis with summer club offering other activities. Yoga, free running and other activities… £146k a year · Sawmills Lane · 0.75 miles
• Dorset Federation Of Women'S Institutes Limited Organise a diverse range of educational and events throughout each year. Attend a variety of shows and events in Dorset to raise awareness… £131k a year · Crown Street West · 1.2 miles
• Amelia'S Rainbow Providing gifts and support to children living in Dorset, with a chronic, serious, life limiting or terminal condition. £120k a year · Weymouth Avenue · 0.75 miles
• The Grove Pre-School Playgroup As a Pre-School Playgroup we provide Education and Care to pre-school children within the local area. By means of appropriate play… £120k a year · Damers Road · 0.45 miles
• Dorchester Opportunity Preschool Group LTD Provides a learning environment for pre school children with special requirements.Works in partnership with parents and professionals… £118k a year · Monmouth Road · 0.45 miles
• Sir Henry Edwards' Charities the provision of accomodation for the elderly in the borough of Weymouth & Portland £112k a year · High East Street · 0.2 miles
• The Dagny Raymond Charitable Trust The charity's objects are to apply the surplus income or the capital of the trust fund, to or for any such charitable institution or other… £108k a year · High West Street · 0.2 miles
• Dorchester Poverty Action Gathering information about poverty locally and nationally and disseminating this to the public in and around Dorchester. Setting up… £90k a year · Charles Street · on your doorstep
• Dorset Horn And Poll Dorset Sheep Breeders' Association Sheep Breed Society £89k a year · Acland Road · 0.1 miles
• Mid Dorset Mencap We aim to improve the quality of life for local people with learning disabilities by raising funds to provide goods and services to… £83k a year · Trinity Street · on your doorstep
• The Nuclear Industry Benevolent Fund The Fund's objective is the relief of financial hardship and distress among past,present and future members of the staff of the Authority,… £81k a year · Crown Square · 1.1 miles
• Thomas Hardye Foundation The Thomas Hardye Foundation serves to assist the Thomas Hardye School by the provision and mainenance of school buildings, and by… £74k a year · Queens Avenue · 0.8 miles
• Dorchester Ballet And Dance Club Provision of dance classes to adults and children £71k a year · Rothesay Road · 0.65 miles
• Weymouth Round Table Charitable Trust Fund The Weymouth round table operates to support people in the Weymouth and Portland area. The money raised from local events are distributed… £69k a year · Bridport Road · 1.4 miles
• Campaign To Protect Rural England - Dorset Branch The objects of the Branch shall be seek to improve, protect and preserve for the benefit of the public, the countryside and the market… £64k a year · 0.35 miles
• Sir Samuel Mico'S Charities the advancement of young people in life within the borough of weymouth & portland £63k a year · High East Street · 0.2 miles
• Dorset Mammal Group conservation, education £62k a year · Bridport Road · 0.35 miles
• Dorchester Family Support To support families with children on pupil premium (free school meals) with food parcels during the Summer and Christmas school holidays £58k a year · Bridport Road · 0.25 miles
• Dorset Archives Trust Fundraising, educational lectures and social events to help fund the collection, preservation and storage of Dorset's archives. £55k a year · Bridport Road · 0.35 miles
• The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St Mary The Virgin Puddletown Parochial church council of the ecclesiastical parish of St Mary the virgin Puddletown £51k a year · Dorchester · 0.25 miles
• The Storehouse Church Dorchester The advancement of the Christian faith through the holding of public religious meetings at its premises. Provision of social interaction… £50k a year · Cambridge Road · 0.5 miles
• Chesil Bank Pre-School Pre-school. £49k a year · Ashington Street · 1.0 miles
• The Dorset County Federation Of Young Farmers' Clubs Provides support for the ten Young Farmers Clubs in Dorset.We arrange competitions,sports and social and educational events.We are a link… £44k a year · Kingston Maurward · 1.4 miles
• The Thomas Hardy Society The Society's activities are for the advancement, for the benefit of the public, of education in the works of Thomas Hardy. £44k a year · Dorchester · 1.4 miles
• Dorchester Foodbank The prevention or relief of poverty in Dorchester and surroundings by providing grants, items and services to individuals in need and/ or… £42k a year · Bridport Road · 0.25 miles
• South Newton And Wishford Recreation Centre To provide recreational facilities for the local community £41k a year · Reeve Lane · 1.1 miles
• Church Estate To provide grants to the three C of E Churches in Dorchester, to assist essential projects and especially where emergency funding is… £39k a year · Alexandra Road · 0.35 miles
• Dorchester Round Table Charitable Trust Fund Makes grants to individuals and organisations via monies raised through events held during the year. £35k a year · Monmouth Road · 0.35 miles
• Dorchester Choral Society The Society has weekly meetings in term time rehearsing for three or so public concerts each year, including outreach concerts in villages… £34k a year · Copper Street · 0.2 miles
• Dorset Reading Partners Recruiting, training, supporting and providing resources for volunteers to work in local primary schools to help children with their… £32k a year · Barrack Road · 0.4 miles
• Dorchester Islamic Centre Religious activities-2 Eids festivals celebrations, Taraweeh, Friday Prayers, Regular Daily Prayers, Iftar parties in Ramadan. Night… £30k a year · Barrack Road · 0.4 miles
• Poundbury Village Hall Trust General charitable purposes for Poundbury and Dorchester residents including Keep Fit, Education and training, Disability, Arts and… £28k a year · Inglescombe Street · 1.3 miles
• Cedars Castle Hill The provision of sheltered residential accomodation and care for the benefit of aged persons who are in need in Shaftesbury and the… £24k a year · Herringston Road · 0.95 miles
• Charlton Marshall Village Hall We are a Village Hall for hire for use by the local community. providing a safe, accessible and comfortable environment for leisure,… £24k a year · Green Close · 0.65 miles
• Kenneth O'Brien Legacy Trust The religious and other charitable work of St George's Church Fordington £22k a year · High Street · 0.45 miles
• The Fellowship Of Meditation The Fellowship promotes contemplative meditation as a way of approaching The Divine Presence.This is communicated through Notes to… £21k a year · Prince Of Wales Road · 0.15 miles
• The Prince Of Wales School Association School fundraising through events such as Childrens Fairs etc. £21k a year · Maiden Castle Road · 1.0 miles
• Gillingham And Shaftesbury Young Farmers Club Assisting and supporting Young Farmers in Dorset in accordance with the Charity's adopted constitution. £18k a year · Dorchester · 1.4 miles
• Blandford Young Farmers' Club Farm visits and talks, sports and country pursuits, helping the local community, to name a few. £18k a year · Kingston Maurward · 1.4 miles
• The L C H Charitable Trust Local charity support. £17k a year · High East Street · 0.2 miles
• Sunninghill School Parents Teachers And Friends Association Parent Teachers and Friends committee, whose aims are to advance the education of Sunninghill Preparatory school, particularly by… £16k a year · South Court · 0.2 miles
• Dorchester Disabled Club Providing recreational and leisure facilities for people with disabilities and elderly people in Dorchester and surrounding area to… £16k a year · Road · 0.55 miles
• The Quiet Space Provision of building and garden for everyone to use for quiet prayer, reflection and appropriate community activities. £15k a year · D'Urberville Close · 0.8 miles
• Hansa Class Uk To advance the amateur sport of sailing for the public benefit by providing the opportunities for people to participate in Hansa sailing £15k a year · Dorchester · 1.3 miles
• Rotary Club Of Dorchester Casterbridge Trust Fund Rotary Aims Worldwide and Support of Local Charities and Voluntary Organisations £15k a year · Came View Road · 1.0 miles
• The Arts Society Dorset County The promotion and advancement of the aesthetic education of the public, the cultivation, appreciation, study and preservation of the… £15k a year · Lower Burton · 0.9 miles
• Puddletown Young Farmers' Club General charitable purposes working with people aged between 10 and 26 in various activities to include education, training, sport,… £15k a year · Kingston Maurward · 1.4 miles

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