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.

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Latest income

£36k

Latest spending

£44k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

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

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“In the current economic climate when household budgets are stretched, we need to actively and vigorously pursue all available avenues of funding to continue as a going concern.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£36k	£44k
31/03/2024	£45k	£33k
31/03/2023	£55k	£47k
30/09/2021	£19k	£25k
30/09/2020	£37k	£31k

Common questions

Is DEMENTIA FRIENDLY PARISHES AROUND THE YEALM financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DEMENTIA FRIENDLY PARISHES AROUND THE YEALM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DEMENTIA FRIENDLY PARISHES AROUND THE YEALM as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. WERBURGH, WEMBURY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. WERBURGH, WEMBURY	FY2022	£250

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/01/2020	£9k	Dementia Friendly Parishes around the Yealm