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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves are less than £100k, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of 9 months of operational costs. The charity reports a net expenditure for the year and notes that the budget for the following year will put further pressure on reserves, although an endowment fund transfer has recently supplemented unrestricted funds.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

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 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.9% 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
• 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

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