ESSEX DEMENTIA CARE

Registered charity 1129038 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main objectives of the charity are:- To promote the independence, health and well-being of people who have dementia through direct care and therapeutic support.- To support the families of people who have dementia with advice, information, guidance and opportunity for respite.- To promote the training and education of those who work in the direct care of people who have dementia.

Objects

3.1 THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH DEMENTIA OF ALL AGES, PRIMARILY WITHIN ESSEX AND THE SURROUNDING AREA (THE AREA OF BENEFIT), BY:A) PROMOTING THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND HEALTH THROUGH DIRECT CARE AND THERAPEUTIC SUPPORTB) PROMOTING A GREATER CHOICE OF SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIAC) PROMOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT IN MEANINGFUL OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA AS A WAY OF BETTER PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH.3.2 TO PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS AND CARE OF FAMILIES AND CARERS OF PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, GUIDANCE, SUPPORT AND RESPITE3.3 TO PROMOTE THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF THOSE WHO WORK IN PROVIDING DIRECT CARE TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE DEMENTIA.

Area of benefit: ESSEX AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £94,833 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £384,913 to £290,079. Free reserves stood at £283,337, which the trustees note is below their policy target of nine months' operational costs, representing only 5.8 months of expenditure. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06820425

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

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.

• CHANEL, Julie Karen — director, appointed 02/11/2020on trustee list
• JULLINGS, Christopher Keith — director, appointed 26/11/2014on trustee list
• LAWLOR, April — director, appointed 16/02/2009on trustee list

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Essex Dementia Care — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 23/09/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Essex Dementia Care: Good (19/10/2019) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Jullingschair · trustee of 1 other charity
• APRIL MARY LAWLOR
• Jacqueline Anne Barlow
• Julie Karen Chanel
• Mike Clements

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

Operates in: Essex

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 DEMENTIA CONCERN.

• DEMENTIA CONCERN income £1.0m
• DEMENTIA CLUB UK income £38k
• DEMENTIA FIRST income £246k
• REMINISCENCE LEARNING income £304k
• TRENT DEMENTIA SERVICES DEVELOPMENT CENTRE income £64k
• DEMENTIA MATTERS - HERE (FORDSHIRE) income £213k

Side by side with its peers

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