RACE AGAINST DEMENTIA

Registered charity 1165559 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC052594 (OSCR)

The preservation and protection of the health of the public in particular by promoting research into the causal mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases with the aim of treating or preventing dementia. The promotion of the relief and treatment of those suffering from dementia and related disorders and the provision of support both for such persons and those caring for them.

Objects

THE CHARITYS OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO:THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSAL MECHANISMS OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES WITH THE AIM OF TREATING OR PREVENTING DEMENTIA AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; THE PROMOTION OF THE RELIEF AND TREATMENT OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA AND RELATED DISORDERS AND THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT BOTH FOR SUCH PERSONS AND THOSE CARING FOR THEM; ANDALL OTHER PURPOSES THAT ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cherwell, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £616,180 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total reserves increasing to £2,930,699. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate financial resources to meet its obligations and prepared the statements 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

Accounts audited by The MGroup Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £90,000 - £99,999 (FY2024) to £100,001 - £110,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09973676
• Trading subsidiary: RAD COMMERCIAL LIMITED Companies House 14445092

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The James Dyson Foundation — “The James Dyson Foundation partnered with the charity to create the Race Against Dementia Dyson Fellowship, supporting Dr Claire Durrant at …” (source page)

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.

• BERGER, Jonathan — director, appointed 27/09/2024on trustee list
• GRIFFITHS, Cromwell William — director, appointed 12/03/2024on trustee list
• BARKER, Bridget Caroline — director, appointed 26/02/2024on trustee list
• STEWART, Paul Evan — director, appointed 02/11/2023on trustee list
• STEWART, Mark Mcgregor — director, appointed 02/11/2023on trustee list
• CLARK, John Hunter Somerville — director, appointed 20/09/2022on trustee list
• TU, Khoi — director, appointed 12/07/2021on trustee list
• COURTENAY-STAMP, Jeremy — director, appointed 20/08/2020on trustee list
• COOPER, Linda — director, appointed 25/02/2020on trustee list
• BLISS, Christopher Jan Andrew — director, appointed 25/02/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~12.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 10.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark McGregor Stewartchair
• Bridget Caroline Barker · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRISTOPHER JAN ANDREW BLISS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Cromwell William Griffiths
• Jeremy Courtenay-Stamp
• John Hunter Somerville Clark
• Jonathan Berger
• Khoi Tu
• Linda Cooper
• Paul Evan Stewart

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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 DEMENTIA RESEARCH UK.

• DEMENTIA RESEARCH UK income £1.4m
• ACTION ON DEMENTIA SUNDERLAND income £63k
• DEMENTIA PREVENTION UK income £25k
• CONTENTED DEMENTIA TRUST income £55k
• DEMENTIA CONCERN income £1.0m
• DEMENTIA MATTERS - HERE (FORDSHIRE) income £213k

Side by side with its peers

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