DEMENTIA UK

Registered charity 1039404 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ADMIRAL NURSES, ADMIRAL NURSING DIRECT, FOR DEMENTIA, FOR DEMENTIA FOR DEMENTIA TRAINING, FOR DEMENTIA PLUS, FOR DEMENTIA TRAINING · also registered in Scotland as SC047429 (OSCR)

Dementia UK provides specialist dementia support for families through our Admiral Nurse service. Admiral Nurses work alongside families, giving them the one-to-one support, expert guidance and practical solutions they need. Dementia UK also runs Admiral Nursing Direct, a free and confidential helpline for anyone with concerns about dementia.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by £8.9m to £31.4m, resulting in a net surplus for reinvestment of £6.6m. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds £17.3m in general reserves, which represents six months of projected unrestricted expenditure, aligning with their stated policy target of three to six months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dementia UK (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

• Challenge Events Assistant — £28,860 - £30,000 per annum · London (Hybrid) · posted today (seen 09/09/2026)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 30.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (29/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (10/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (18/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/07/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PROFESSOR DAVID CROISDALE-APPLEBYchair
• Alistair Burns
• David John Ball
• David Stewart
• Dr Anne Elizabeth Shinkwin
• Gavin Anthony Sanderson
• Jackie Kinsey
• Katherine Jane Keir
• Philippa Blane Armitage · trustee of 1 other charity
• Theresa Murphy
• WILLIAM JAMES ROE

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA SUPPORT SERVICES.

• ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA SUPPORT SERVICES income £3.2m
• DEMENTIA RESEARCH UK income £1.4m
• Beyond Dementia income £2.5m
• ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY income £143.8m
• DEMENTIA MATTERS income £1.1m
• ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH UK income £61.9m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.