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Registered charity · Erith

Dorcas Foundation

Dorcas Foundation is a registered charity (number 1119851) based in Erith, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £685 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £685 (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief and 1 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Ivory Coast
Website
www.dorcasfoundation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£685£597
  • 2024£1k£688
  • 2023£5k£4k
Earlier years
  • 2022£1k£1k
  • 2021£19k£19k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 51%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3. OBJECTIVES:THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY DEVELOPING PROGRAMMES IN THE COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS: (2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OF OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. (3) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS AND PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT. (4) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE. (5) THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS, NOT-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION AND WILL BE OPEN TO ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO ADHERES TO ITS OBJECTIVE. (6) THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHO ARE VICTIMS OF WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER, TROUBLE, OR CATASTROPHE IN PARTICULAR BY PROVISION OF HEALTH SUPPORT, WATER, SANITATION, EMERGENCY RELIEF, ADVANCEMENT OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THEREIN.

Grants received

3 grants · £28,292 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £18,572 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £9,720

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £9,7202020-09-25
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9462020-02-18
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £8,6262017-09-13
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

15.2y median 20y
average tenure
20y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£685 latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1119851
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 15 NOVEMBER 2006 AS AMENDED AT AN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING DATED 10 MAY 2007.AS AMENDED ON 07 OCT 2017
Contact on the register
07988861325 · info@dorcasfoundation.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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