DEMENTIA FRIENDLY PARISHES AROUND THE YEALM

Registered charity 1180354 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the public benefit to promote individual and inclusive dementia friendly based activities and services for people with dementia, their carers and families in the communities of the parishes of Wembury, Brixton, Yealmpton, Newton & Noss and Holbeton in the County of Devon ;To support people living with dementia and their families to remain active and involved in their community.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: THE RELIEF OF NEED AND THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS RESIDING IN THE PARISHES OF WEMBURY, BRIXTON, YEALMPTON, NEWTON FERRERS & NOSS MAYO AND HOLBETON BY UNDERTAKING INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DEMENTIA FEEL UNDERSTOOD AND INCLUDED AND CAN CONFIDENTLY CONTRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY LIFE AND TO DEVELOP DEMENTIA FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) PROVIDING ADVICE, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION TO PERSONS LIVING WITH DEMENTIA, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS; B) MAKING THE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES OF PERSONS LIVING WITH DEMENTIA KNOWN TO SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY; C) ENABLING PERSONS LIVING WITH DEMENTIA, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS TO HAVE A VOICE IN THE DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY AND EQUALITY OF ACCESS OF LOCAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES; D) PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT DEMENTIA AND ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS ARISING FROM AGEING, ILLNESS OR DISEASE; E) RAISING AWARENESS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF THE NATURE AND EFFECTS OF DEMENTIA ON PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £44,740 at the end of the financial period. The trustees note that the charity relies on securing grant funding and fundraising to continue as a going concern, citing risks related to the failure to secure funds and the age of trustees. The financial review indicates that all income is used to fund wages, group activities, and operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ELIZABETH HITCHINS MAchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• AMANDA ISOBEL WIRGMAN
• Averill Fairclough
• CAROLINE HIRST
• DERMOD MICHAEL DROUGHT
• FIONA MAIRI MACKAY ASIAN DEL BARCO
• GINA PATRICIA BASTARD
• Jacqueline Wendy Penney-Cousins
• PETER JOHN HEARN

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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