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DENTAID LIMITED

Registered charity 1075826 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DENTAID

Dentaid The Dentaid Charity provides outreach dental services and oral health programmes for people experiencing homelessness, harm, poverty and abuse. In the UK, the charity has mobile dental units with clinicians providing life-changing care for those experiencing health inequalities. The BrightBites oral health programme delivers messages about toothbrushing, diet & the importance of brushing

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

Latest income
£3.1m
Latest spending
£2.8m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £293,162 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income growing by 87% to £3,088,506. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £582,791, which is below the stated policy target of three to six months of core operating expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Funding from statutory sources (44% of income)
“Funding from statutory sources 44.2%”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 22.6% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“These support costs have reduced from 26.4% in the previous year to 22.6% this year, so that 77.4p in every £1 raised is devoted to our charitable activities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between three and six months of core operating expenditure (held: £583k)
“The trustees have agreed that the appropriate level of free reserves should be equivalent to between three and six months of core operating expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Andrew Evans received a gross salary of £56,000, employers NIC of £6,473 and employers’ pension of £2,164. This is due to him being CEO. The charity had authority to pay this under their governing document.
“During the year, Andrew Evans received a gross salary of £56,000, employers NIC of £6,473 and employers’ pension of £2,164. This is due to him being CEO. The charity had authority to pay this under their governing document.” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MC Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Dentaid Limited — Registered, 1 registered location, 3 regulated activities, last inspected 20/09/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Total income
£3.1m
Total spending
£2.8m
Cost of raising funds
£632k
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
42

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 20.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambodia · Cameroon · Liberia · Malawi · Throughout England · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.1m£2.8m
31/03/2024£1.7m£1.6m
31/03/2023£1.1m£1.1m
31/03/2022£627k£560k
31/03/2021£457k£357k

Common questions

Is DENTAID LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £293,162 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income growing by 87% to £3,088,506. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £582,791, which is below the stated policy target of three to six months of core operating expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MC Audit Limited.

Who funds DENTAID LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DENTAID LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION, SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST, DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITED, THE ROBERT GAVRON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATIONFY2023£92k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATIONFY2023£91k
SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUSTFY2023£49k
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£41k
THE ROBERT GAVRON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£25k
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2026£25k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE THREE OAKS TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10kDiscretionary Grants
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATIONFY2023£10kDelivery costs of 6 mobile dental clinics in deprived areas of Liverpool for vulnerable and homeless people.
THE BROTHERS TRUSTFY2024£7kMobile dentist surgery sessions
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£7k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUSTFY2023£6k
THE THREE OAKS TRUSTFY2024£5k
NORMANBY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
THE LOCKWOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2024£5kPoverty
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2023£5k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5kCompassionate Support
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2025£5k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATIONFY2023£4k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2024£4kSocial
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2022£4k
THE S M B TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
W F SOUTHALL TRUSTFY2022£3kSocial Action
THE S M B TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE S M B TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE BURDEN TRUSTFY2025£3kSupport of the Marginalised
THE DU BROW CHARITYFY2025£3k
BOOTS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE INMAN CHARITYFY2024£3kMedical General
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2021£2kGrant to institution
THE ASTOR FOUNDATIONFY2025£2kDisadvantaged
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE DWF FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
FOREST HILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kGeneral
FOREST HILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
FOREST HILL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
King Charles III Charitable Fund1—
FESTIVAL MEDICAL SERVICES1£41k
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 19761£28k
ONE KIND ACT1£20k
RICHARDSON BROTHERS FOUNDATION1£20k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST1£16k
EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (INTERNATIONAL) CHARITABLE TRUST1£13k
THE GORDON SANDERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DENTAID LIMITED£3.1m—0unclear22.6%no doubt
ORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION FY2025£985k——unclear—no doubt
BRIDGE2AID FY2025£333k—0below—no doubt
SMILE AID FY2025£230k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH DENTAL ASSOCIATION TRUST FUND FY2025£883k£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable Trust FY2025£199k—0unclear—no doubt

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