Blandford Forum Parish Church
Key takeaways
- No application process is published, so the simplest first step is to use the contact shown on its website to ask whether it considers unsolicited requests.
- Its named partnerships are debt advice in Blandford, chaplaincy and youth work across Dorset, and clean-water provision in South Sudan, so a request is most likely to fit if it clearly relates to one of these.
- No grant range is stated, and the register shows no grants to institutions in the latest year, so a modest, specific request is the safer assumption and the reader should ask about typical sizes before applying.
- Neither the annual report nor its website shows how competitive its giving is or whether it works mainly through relationships, so treat any approach as uncertain and do not assume a particular outcome.
Overview
Blandford Forum Parish Church is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1132519).
Blandford Forum Parish Church is a registered charity, number 1132519, registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales with a registered area of operation in Dorset. Its core purpose is promoting the whole mission of the Church in the ecclesiastical parish, through regular worship open to all, pastoral work with the sick and bereaved, and teaching Christianity through sermons, courses and small groups. Alongside this, it offers religious assemblies in schools and youth activities with a Christian ethos, and its website describes ongoing partnership funding for debt advice, chaplaincy, youth work and clean-water provision.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The website presents financial support through ongoing partnerships with organisations and initiatives. Its named partnerships connect support with debt advice in Blandford and the wider area, chaplaincy and youth work across Dorset, and clean-water provision in South Sudan. Its wider vision is to make a difference in Blandford Forum and the surrounding area while resourcing the wider church, reaching children and families, young people, seniors and vulnerable people, and working with churches and other organisations. Alongside this partnership funding, it carries out parish worship, pastoral and community work.
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Where they fund
Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2020 | £108,189 | £104,104 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2020 |
| year to 31 December 2021 | £226,512 | £74,211 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £945,309 | £1,024,045 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £735,353 | £475,472 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £259,787 | £272,138 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
— No grants figure for those years.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- bfpc.org.uk
- bfpc.org.uk/about-us · read on 25 October 2026
- bfpc.org.uk/contact · read on 25 October 2026
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 25 October 2026.
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Contact
- The Parish Centre, The Tabernacle, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 7DWsource
- bfpc.org.uk
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- The Parish Centre, The Tabernacle, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 7DWsource
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