Sage House, Tangmere
Registered charity 1158640 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CDSG, CHICHESTER DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP, DEMENTIA SUPPORT
Dementia Support was started by a group of local people who had been personally touched by dementia.The aim is to work alongside existing organisations to bring together and enrich their offering and the services they provide and to ultimately provide exceptional dementia care.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £142,613 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,082,684 to £940,071. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding six months of overheads, with unrestricted general funds standing at £884,504 against a stated target of six months' overheads. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 6 months overheads (held: £885k)
“The trustees have considered the future funding needs and commitments of the charity and deem it prudent to hold general unrestricted reserves equivalent to 6 months overheads at any time.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Robert Sadler & Company Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Emma Radley — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- James Lovell — Director of Engagement & Patnerships (source)
- Philippa Nesbit — Chair (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
- BERKELEY, Michael Frederick — director, appointed 26/02/2026on trustee list
- SAMPSON, Peta — director, appointed 23/02/2026on trustee list
- TABBNER, Sally — director, appointed 09/01/2026on trustee list
- LOCKWOOD, Ian Terry — director, appointed 09/01/2026on trustee list
- DAY LAFFERTY, Donna Louise — director, appointed 22/08/2024not on trustee list
- LITCHFIELD, Miranda Susan — director, appointed 21/04/2022on trustee list
- MATTHEWS, Mary Kathleen — director, appointed 15/07/2021on trustee list
- BROADRIBB, Richard Anthony — director, appointed 15/07/2021on trustee list
- NESBIT, Philippa Louise — director, appointed 25/09/2020on trustee list
- THORNHILL, Chris — director, appointed 14/02/2020on trustee list
- MCCALL, Therese Mary Yvette — director, appointed 13/03/2018not on trustee list
Official officers record.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£308k
Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (76% 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: 20.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Philippa Nesbitchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Adrian Faure
- Catherine Cannon
- Chris Thornhill
- Donna Louise Day Lafferty
- Ian Lockwood
- Mary Matthews
- Michael Berkeley
- Miranda Litchfield
- Peta Sampson
- Richard Broadribb · trustee of 1 other charity
- Sally Tabbner
- Therese Kelly
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: West Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Sage House, Tangmere financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £142,613 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,082,684 to £940,071. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding six months of overheads, with unrestricted general funds standing at £884,504 against a stated target of six months' overheads. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Robert Sadler & Company Limited.
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