Independent profile · Charity Commission for England and Wales data
Dorset Mental Health Forum is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, disability, economic/community development/employment.
Dorset Mental Health Forum (number 1169215) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does Dorset Mental Health Forum do?
The Dorset Mental Health Forum is a local peer led charity, which promotes the principles of wellbeing, recovery and coproduction through partnership working and providing recovery orientated partnership and peer led services.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Dorset Mental Health Forum
Answers Dorset Mental Health Forum gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are Dorset Mental Health Forum's highest-paid staff paid?
Dorset Mental Health Forum's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Where does Dorset Mental Health Forum's money come from?
Dorset Mental Health Forum reported £1.5m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £1.4m (96%), investments £37k (3%), donations and legacies £22k (2%).
Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£1.4m · 96%
Investments£37k · 3%
Donations and legacies£22k · 2%
Other income£417 · 0%
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register records Dorset Mental Health Forum as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid
Dorset Mental Health Forum's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Also known as
Dmhf
Where it says it operates
Dorset · Bournemouth · Poole
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Elderly/old People; People With Disabilities; The General Public/mankind.
Reported activities: Provides Services; Provides Advocacy/advice/information; Other Charitable Activities.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is Dorset Mental Health Forum registered for?
Why is there no Clarity Score for Dorset Mental Health Forum yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Dorset Mental Health Forum.
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Is Dorset Mental Health Forum a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Dorset Mental Health Forum as a registered charity (number 1169215) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Dorset Mental Health Forum's charity number?
Dorset Mental Health Forum's charity number is 1169215. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1169215?
Search 1169215 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Dorset Mental Health Forum do?
The Dorset Mental Health Forum is a local peer led charity, which promotes the principles of wellbeing, recovery and coproduction through partnership working and providing recovery orientated partnership and peer led services.
Does Dorset Mental Health Forum have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Dorset Mental Health Forum. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Dorset Mental Health Forum?
Dorset Mental Health Forum's website listed in our register data is http://www.dorsetmentalhealthforum.org.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Dorset Mental Health Forum's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Dorset Mental Health Forum's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Dorset Mental Health Forum's money come from?
Dorset Mental Health Forum reported £1.5m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £1.4m (96%), investments £37k (3%), donations and legacies £22k (2%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Dorset Mental Health Forum?
The register records Dorset Mental Health Forum as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Dorset Mental Health Forum's trustees paid?
Dorset Mental Health Forum's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Dorset Mental Health Forum registered as a charity?
Dorset Mental Health Forum was entered on the register on 16 September 2016.