Arts for Dementia

Registered charity 1140842 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as A4D, ARTS 4 DEMENTIA, ARTS4DEMENTIA

Arts for Dementia exists to a) advance public understanding of dementia; andb) to relieve those living with dementia, including those who support or care for them, in particular through access to the arts and provision of therapeutic intervention related to the arts. It focuses particularly on the benefit of arts activities for people living in the community.

Objects

1. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1.1. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF DEMENTIA; AND1.2. TO RELIEVE THOSE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA, INCLUDING THOSE WHO SUPPORT OR CARE FOR THEM, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH ACCESS TO THE ARTS AND THE PROVISION OF THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS RELATED TO THE ARTS; 2. ARTICLE 1 MAY BE AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION BUT ONLY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMMISSION.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wandsworth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £13,935 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £144,230 to £130,295. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £34,168, which is below the stated policy target of covering six months of operating costs, as cash reserves represented slightly more than five months of expenditure. Despite the deficit, the trustees consider the charity able to continue as a going concern based on forward projections and a pipeline of trust applications.

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.

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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Connor George Guffogg
• Dr Jina Elise Swartz
• Gary Douglas
• Imran Akram
• James Reed
• Kathleen Frances O'Neill
• Laura Mead
• Lesley Williamson
• Matthew Colin Belcher
• Ronald Ferguson
• Sarah Marie Fortune

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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
• REMINISCENCE LEARNING income £304k
• DEMENTIA MATTERS income £1.1m
• CONTENTED DEMENTIA TRUST income £55k
• DEMENTIA MATTERS - HERE (FORDSHIRE) income £213k

Side by side with its peers

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