TIBBS DEMENTIA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1166596 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Tibbs Dementia Foundation provides services which promote the improved health of people affected by dementia and which provide relief, including care and support, to people with dementia and those who care for them.

Objects

TIBBS DEMENTIA FOUNDATION PROVIDES SERVICES WHICH PROMOTE THE IMPROVED HEALTH OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DEMENTIA AND WHICH PROVIDE RELIEF, INCLUDING CARE AND SUPPORT, TO PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA AND THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bedford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£395k
Latest spending
£462k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £195,395.34, which the trustees consider sufficient given agreed grants and funding agreements. The charity reported a net expenditure of £67,071.25 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £272,150.44 to £205,079.19. The trustees note that financial stability relies on grant funding and service contracts, with Lottery Funding of £333,417 recently awarded to support future activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Central Bedfordshire Council (54% of income)
“Central Bedfordshire BC 152,916.13” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months of expenditure (reserves figure: £195k)
“The trustees ideally require as reserves of a minimum of between three and six months expenditure in order to meet any contractual and winding up costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 60
  • Government income: £152,916 — contracts £152,916 (1); 39% of the £395,402 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 60
  • Government income: £179,332 — contracts £163,344 (2), grants £15,988 (3); 42% of the £426,521 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 60
  • Government income: £167,695 — contracts £165,036 (2), grants £2,659 (2); 46% of the £364,669 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Tibbs Dementia Foundation (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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£395k£462k
31/03/2024£427k£389k
31/03/2023£365k£293k
31/03/2022£247k£226k
31/03/2021£203k£158k

Common questions

Is TIBBS DEMENTIA FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £195,395.34, which the trustees consider sufficient given agreed grants and funding agreements. The charity reported a net expenditure of £67,071.25 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £272,150.44 to £205,079.19. The trustees note that financial stability relies on grant funding and service contracts, with Lottery Funding of £333,417 recently awarded to support future activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TIBBS DEMENTIA FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TIBBS DEMENTIA FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE HARPUR TRUST, THE PANACEA CHARITABLE TRUST, BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, EXTRA MILE CHALLENGES.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HARPUR TRUSTFY2024£148kDiverse and underserved communities project
THE HARPUR TRUSTFY2022£89kTibbs Dementia Foundation Building Connection and Confidence project.
THE HARPUR TRUSTFY2021£50kTibbs Dementia Foundation Community outreach services
THE HARPUR TRUSTFY2021£30kFood 4
THE PANACEA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£15kPoverty, sickness and health grants programme
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2021£10kNot specified
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2021£10kNot specified
EXTRA MILE CHALLENGESFY2025£8k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, BIGGLESWADEFY2023Unverified read£3kCountry Fayre proceeds
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2021Unverified read£272Not specified

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.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation26/04/2023£10kStarting and evolving 4 activity groups in Central Bedfordshire.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation23/09/2020£10kGrant to Tibbs Dementia Foundation
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation24/07/2020£5kGrant to Tibbs Dementia Foundation
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation09/04/2020£8kGrant to Tibbs Dementia Foundation
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation26/03/2018£5kDementia outreach and wellbeing project

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 WYMONDHAM DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TIBBS DEMENTIA FOUNDATION£395k—0unclear—no doubt
WYMONDHAM DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP FY2025£33k—0above—no doubt
CONTENTED DEMENTIA TRUST FY2026£55k—0unclear—no doubt
DEMENTIA CONCERN FY2025£1.0mmore than £60,0001below—no doubt
TRENT DEMENTIA SERVICES DEVELOPMENT CENTRE FY2025£64k—0unclear—no doubt
DEMENTIA CLUB UK FY2025£38k—0above—no doubt

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