Charities in Dover
There are 525 registered charities based in and around Dover. 415 of them (79%) are small, with an income under £100,000 a year. The most common causes are children and young people, education, and the arts and heritage.
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What they work on
- Children and young people158
- Education149
- Arts and heritage70
- Disability36
- Poverty and hardship34
- Older people29
- Environment23
- Animals21
We count a charity under a cause when its description on the register makes it clear, which is true of 353 of the 525. Charities are placed by their registered address, so the numbers include some national charities with an office here. Volunteers are as reported by the 304 local charities under £1 million a year that file an annual return, from the returns held in October 2026. Data from the Charity Commission register, last refreshed in June 2026.
Charities for children and young people in Dover
5 of the 158 we found.
Dover Youth Theatre Project
CT17 · Income under £10k
Providing training and workshop material with particular emphasis on drama, dance, singing and movement. Weekly term time lessons culminating in an end of term performance. Other productions throughout the year in aid…
10th Dover Scout Group
CT17 · Income under £10k
Scout and Cub Group to teach young people various skills
The Dover Roman Painted House Trust
CT17 · Income under £10k
The Trust aims to preserve the Roman House, Dover,manage it and open it to the public as cost effectively as possible. The House is open to the public April to mid-September with graphic and finds displays, models,…
The Dover College Trust
CT17 · Income £100k to £1m
The acceptance of money, investments or other property, the investment of the same and the application of income derived therefrom (with in certain cases the power to utilise capital) for the purposes of assisting with…
Dover Smart Project
CT16 · Income £100k to £1m
To advance education in the arts for the public benefit. Particular but not exclusively by the provision of art workshops, and exhibitions of the work that is produced. Dover smART Project was founded in 2013 to provide…
Education charities in Dover
5 of the 149 we found.
Dover Grammar School for Boys Foundation CIO
CT17 · Income under £10k
To advance the education of the pupils at Dover Grammar School for Boys by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities for education at the school. To assist in such ways as the charity trustees think fit any…
Dover College Scholarship and Prize Fund
CT17 · Small charity, income under £100k
Provision of Scholarships and Bursaries for pupils at Dover College. In particular, through the Bostock Wheeler Scholarships, funding the education of a boy or girl whose mother or father or adoptive mother or father or…
Dover Bronze Age Boat Trust
CT16 · Income under £10k
Preservation & Display of the Dover Bronze Age Boat. The dissemination of information of Bronze Age Life
Dover Choral Society
CT17 · Small charity, income under £100k
Performs two Classical Choral work concerts a year, in various local venues with guest soloists. With the aim of encouraging singers starting out on their musical careers. Joins with others in a Summer Proms concert.…
The Dover Counselling Centre
CT16 · Income £100k to £1m
Since 1988 the Centre has delivered a very successful community counselling service in the Dover District. We offer an Employee Wellbeing Service throughout the UK for organisations that contract with us, as well as…
Arts and heritage charities in Dover
5 of the 70 we found.
Dover Transport Museum Society
CT16 · Income £100k to £1m
Museum for the benifit of the public
Dover Operatic and Dramatic Society
CT16 · Income under £10k
To rehearse and perform a variety of different musical and non musical theatrical productions for the benefit of members and the public.
The Dover Society
CT17 · Income under £10k
The Charity covers Dover and surrounding parishes or wards and organises interesting talks tours and visits, about ten a year, for members and non members. The Society gives awards for improvements to the area, monitors…
Canterbury Symphony Orchestra
CT13 · Small charity, income under £100k
The Canterbury Orchestra provides opportunities for amateur musicians to play major symphonic works to a high standard and gives 3-4 public concerts a year in the Canterbury area.
Godmersham Park Heritage Centre for the Parishes of Godmersham and Crundale Limited
CT4 · Small charity, income under £100k
The advancement of education of the public in general in particular in history, art, architecture and other environmental subjects relating to the history of Godmersham Park and of the two parish communities of Crundale…
Disability charities in Dover
5 of the 36 we found.
Dover Association for Disabled People
CT15 · Small charity, income under £100k
We provide our physically disabled adult members with indoor meetings during the winter months, bus trips out during the summer and a Christmas lunch each year.
Home-start Dover District
CT17 · Income £100k to £1m
Home-Start Dover District offers support and friendship to families under stress. Our Core service offers home visiting volunteers to families, in addition to this we run Family Groups that provide additional support to…
Age Concern Dover Limited
CT16 · Income £100k to £1m
Provision of welfare and day centre facilities, information and advice for elderly and needy people in Dover and surrounding areas.
Dover Outreach Centre
CT17 · Income £100k to £1m
Dover outreach centre will offer opportunities for socially isolated groups such as the homeless and vulnerable to receive services at the centre. as well as being a pleasant environment in which to socialise the…
The Jamuna Trust
CT4 · Income under £10k
Support for education, training medical staff, relief from poverty and helping people with disabilities or medical needs.
Poverty and hardship charities in Dover
5 of the 34 we found.
Dover Foodbank
CT16 · Income £100k to £1m
Working in Dover and surrounding areas we help to alleviate poverty through the provision of food parcels to those in crisis, in partnership with local agencies who refer clients in crisis to us. As part of our service…
Emmaus Dover Ltd
CT17 · Income £100k to £1m
Provision of accomodation, daily support and meaningful work experience in our own social enterprises for up to 27 men and women that have previously experienced homelessness.
Bhs Trust Fund
CT14 · Small charity, income under £100k
Supporting the relief of financial hardship amongst former employees of Bhs Ltd, their dependants and retired employees of the company.
Deal Pentecostal Church
CT14 · Small charity, income under £100k
to advance the Christian faith to relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services of any kind including through the provision of counselling…
James Tillard's (Eleemosynary) Charity
CT4 · Income under £10k
Donations for relief of poverty.
Charities for older people in Dover
5 of the 29 we found.
Municipal Charities of Dover
CT17 · Income £100k to £1m
Relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage;
Frank Kingsland's Trust for the Elderly
CT3 · Small charity, income under £100k
Provision of housing for the elderly
Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company Ltd
CT16 · Income £100k to £1m
Moving Memory works to improve the health and wellbeing of older people through a distinctive, peer-led, creative practice which uses movement, music, spoken word and digital projection as ways of revealing and…
East Kent Ploughing Match Association
CT15 · Small charity, income under £100k
To encourage those employed in Agriculture and to award prizes for skills in ploughing with Tractors, Vintage & Horses, also for excellence in Crop Husbandry.The Charity also aims to educate the general public in the…
The Walmer Charity
CT14 · Small charity, income under £100k
Provides almshouses for six needy persons over the age of 60 years and resident within the ecclestastical boundaries of the parish of Walmer.
Small charities in Dover
Most charities here are small, often a few volunteers doing good work close to home, and few of them can afford to advertise. Each of these has an income under £100,000 a year and has reported its accounts recently.
1st Deal (Walmer) Group of the Scout Association
CT14 · Income under £10k
operation of Scout Group
Chartham Village Hall Management Committee
CT4 · Small charity, income under £100k
Operation, maintenance and management of Chartham Village Hall.
18th Dover (Shepherdswell) Scout Group
CT4 · Small charity, income under £100k
scout group general fundraising
The Friends of Adisham Church
CT3 · Income under £10k
The charity is charged by adisham parochial church council to secure the reordering of holy innocents church, adisham for the benefit of the people of adisham. the charity raises funds to pay for the structural work…
Dover District Lions Club Charitable Trust Fund
CT17 · Income under £10k
Service club providing practical and financial support to the community
Wingham Pre-school CIO
CT3 · Small charity, income under £100k
We provide high quality care & education to pre-school children aged 2-5 years in a safe, secure & stimulating environment within a framework that promotes equality and values diversity. We work in partnership…
Lion Aid Limited
CT16 · Small charity, income under £100k
LionAid is committed to securing the future of the African lion, Panthera leo. This will be achieved by supporting scientifically relevant research on disease threats, genetic analyses, and population viability…
Deal Maritime and Local History Museum
CT14 · Small charity, income under £100k
The Deal Maritime and Local History Museum will provide opportunities for individuals and families to explore, enjoy and be inspired by the past in and around Deal, and will promote learning and research at all levels.
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How many charities are there in Dover?
There are 525 registered charities based in and around Dover. 415 of them (79%) are small, with an income under £100,000 a year. The figures come from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales, last refreshed in June 2026, and count charities by their registered address.
What do charities in Dover work on?
The most common causes are children and young people (158), education (149), and the arts and heritage (70). We count a charity under a cause when its own description on the register makes that clear, which is true of 353 of the 525, so the real numbers are higher.
How many people volunteer for charities in Dover?
Local charities in and around Dover have 4,690 volunteers between them. That's what 304 charities with an income under £1 million a year told the Charity Commission in their latest annual return. Charities with an income under £10,000 don't have to report it, so the real number is higher.
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