DEMENTIA FORWARD

Registered charity 1148225 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Dementia Forward exists to provide specialist support, advice and information to anyone affected by dementia. Support is given from pre diagnosis to end of life through a range of services including home visits by our specialist dementia support team as well as running community wellbeing services. Our services have been designed to give North Yorkshire folk the right support at the right time.

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Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds amounted to £807,554, with free reserves of £295,228. The trustees report that these free reserves were below the stated policy target of three to six months of general operating expenditure, although they note that subsequent to the year end, reserves came back in line with the policy. The charity generated a net income surplus of £41,317 for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1 £60,001 - £70,000” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Charitable activities (52% of income)
“The level of charity income from Government contracts is approximately 51% of total income”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 1.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Fundraising costs 17,707”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £295k)
“At 31st March 2025 free reserves totalled £295,228 which was below the target level of reserves.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Thomas Coombs Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£18k
Reserves (reported)
£806k
Employees
45

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (70% 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: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of York · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.8m£1.8m
31/03/2024£1.5m£1.7m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.3m
31/03/2022£985k£949k
31/03/2021£799k£637k

Common questions

Is DEMENTIA FORWARD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds amounted to £807,554, with free reserves of £295,228. The trustees report that these free reserves were below the stated policy target of three to six months of general operating expenditure, although they note that subsequent to the year end, reserves came back in line with the policy. The charity generated a net income surplus of £41,317 for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Thomas Coombs Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of DEMENTIA FORWARD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds DEMENTIA FORWARD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DEMENTIA FORWARD as a grant recipient include THE BARTLETT FOUNDATION, NEWBY TRUST LIMITED, THE A M FENTON TRUST, TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INSURERS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BARTLETT FOUNDATIONFY2024£20k
NEWBY TRUST LIMITEDFY2025£10kHealth
THE A M FENTON TRUSTFY2021£8k
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kProgramme: Heart of Yorkshire Selby Fund
THE A M FENTON TRUSTFY2023£4k
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INSURERS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE BARTLETT FOUNDATIONFY2025£1kGrants for Further Education and Charitable Causes
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF UPPER WHARFEDALE & LITTONDALEFY2025£600Charitable Donations

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund05/03/2026£20kNext Steps - MCST in the Community
The National Lottery Community Fund04/10/2024£20kBrain Health for all
The National Lottery Community Fund31/07/2023£237kYoung Onset Dementia Project
The National Lottery Community Fund19/02/2020£241kYoung Onset Dementia service
City of York Council—£417Equipment grant
City of York Council—£775Dementia Support Advisors 2023/24

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FORWARD DAY CENTRE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DEMENTIA FORWARD£1.8m£60,001 - £70,0001below1.0%no doubt
FORWARD DAY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA SUPPORT SERVICES FY2025£3.2m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
DEMENTIA MATTERS FY2023£1.1m——unclear—no doubt
DEMENTIA CONCERN FY2025£1.0mmore than £60,0001below—no doubt
DEMENTIA UK FY2025£31.4m——unclear—no doubt

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