REMINISCENCE LEARNING

Registered charity 1105488 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve the needs of persons suffering from dementia by the provision of reminiscence therapy and to educate the families of persons suffering from dementia and health care workers in reminscence therapy.

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Latest income
£304k
Latest spending
£297k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £21,078 for the year, resulting in a deficit in unrestricted 'Other charitable funds' of £12,444. However, the trustees confirm that total assets are adequate to fulfill obligations and that the charity is a going concern with sufficient resources to continue operations for the next 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £9k)
“Although this is lower than we hoped at the year end these reserves were bolstered by a very successful fund-raising effort” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon · Dorset · Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£304k£297k
31/03/2024£269k£286k
31/03/2023£335k£352k
31/03/2022£310k£320k
31/03/2021£152k£156k

Common questions

Is REMINISCENCE LEARNING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources of £21,078 for the year, resulting in a deficit in unrestricted 'Other charitable funds' of £12,444. However, the trustees confirm that total assets are adequate to fulfill obligations and that the charity is a going concern with sufficient resources to continue operations for the next 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds REMINISCENCE LEARNING?

Funders whose own accounts filings name REMINISCENCE LEARNING as a grant recipient include THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST, SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST, SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE CHARLES LEWIS FOUNDATION, THE HEATHCOAT TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3kAnn Rylands Small Donations Programme
SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k2 Grants
THE CHARLES LEWIS FOUNDATIONFY2025£2kThe cost of Memory Activity Group for people living with dementia and those who support them.
THE HEATHCOAT TRUSTFY2025£1kCharitable organisations and general
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONFY2024£1kActivity sessions for people living with dementia.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Somerset Community Foundation15/05/2026£5kReminiscence Learning
Somerset Community Foundation10/11/2025£10kReminiscence Learning
The National Lottery Community Fund24/01/2025£20kLiving and Growing with Dementia
Somerset Community Foundation01/02/2023£2kContribution towards the overheads of a local dementia charity, which have risen due to the cost-of-living crisis
Somerset Community Foundation23/11/2022£400Community meal for people with dementia and their carers in Wellington
The National Lottery Community Fund14/10/2022£9kThe Show Must Go On!
Somerset Community Foundation10/10/2022£5kAddressing the stigma that surrounds dementia with primary school children in Wellington
Somerset Community Foundation11/11/2021£300Grant to Reminiscence Learning
Somerset Community Foundation27/10/2021£3kCountywide dementia awareness project
Somerset Community Foundation23/09/2021£5kFunday Friday community sessions
Somerset Community Foundation16/12/2020£5kCOVID19 Intergenerational forest school for older people with dementia
Somerset Community Foundation24/11/2020£250Festive Virtual Reminiscence Concerts for people with dementia and their carers
Somerset Community Foundation24/04/2020£7kCOVID19 Remote sessions for people with dementia
The National Lottery Community Fund22/02/2019£8kA Trip Through the Decades
Somerset Community Foundation19/12/2018£850The Archie Project
Somerset Community Foundation17/07/2018£1kThe Archie Project
Somerset Community Foundation08/03/2018£3kIntergenerational Forest School for People with Early Onset Dementia
The National Lottery Community Fund15/07/2015£9kThe Rural Reminiscence Learning Project
The National Lottery Community Fund09/05/2005£7kOperation Pied Piper
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/05/2005£405"The Reminiscence Group Have Been Awarded A Grant To Educate Children About Life During World War Two. Children Will Be Linked With The Older"