# DORCAS - (DOING OTHERS RIGHT CARING AND SHARING)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1146456
- **Other names:** DORCAS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Jan. 15, 2015
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1146456


## Contact

- **Address:** 17B GARFIELD ROAD, BATTERSEA, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW11 5PL
- **Phone:** 07380566780
- **Email:** info@dorcasprovider.com
- **Website:** www.dorcasprovider.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF WANDSWORTH & LAMBETH AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

**Activities:** The DORCAS' organisation provide informal and socially inclusive training for local people: Health Lectures; Keep Fit classes; healthy cooking with an emphasis on vegetarian cooking; the benefits of a healthy lifestyle to nurture personal development toward mental health and well-being; I.T. literacy and numeracy me in the Boroughs of Wandsworth, Lambeth & Kingston to who have need of life skills.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Lambeth
- Richmond Upon Thames
- Wandsworth



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £10709 | £11025 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £12566 | £12923 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £10855 | £11329 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £7404 | £8641 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £3511 | £5140 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **JO ANDERSON** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 2, 2011
- BASIL LUMSDEN — appointed Dec. 1, 2024
- BRENDA ADAMS — appointed Oct. 2, 2011