TOGETHER DEMENTIA SUPPORT

Registered charity 1180628 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Together Dementia Support provides support and therapeutic activities for people living with dementia, their carers and supporters in Manchester.We provide high quality activity and support groups to help people with dementia to maintain skills and hobbies, and to enable both them and their carers to make friends and maintain wellbeing.

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Latest income
£589k
Latest spending
£520k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £140,695, which the trustees report meets their policy target of three months of total running costs. The charity achieved a net income of £68,704 and secured significant grant funding, including a three-year grant from The National Lottery Community Fund, to support future sustainability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of total running costs (held: £141k)
“The charity's reserves policy aims to have three months of total running costs in unrestricted reserves.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£589k
Total spending
£520k
Cost of raising funds
£70k
Reserves (reported)
£141k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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: 11.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£589k£520k
30/06/2024£480k£503k
30/06/2023£477k£425k
30/06/2022£326k£396k
30/06/2021£336k£270k

Common questions

Is TOGETHER DEMENTIA SUPPORT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £140,695, which the trustees report meets their policy target of three months of total running costs. The charity achieved a net income of £68,704 and secured significant grant funding, including a three-year grant from The National Lottery Community Fund, to support future sustainability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TOGETHER DEMENTIA SUPPORT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TOGETHER DEMENTIA SUPPORT as a grant recipient include THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE COTTON INDUSTRY WAR MEMORIAL TRUST, LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£80k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2025£25kGrant
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£10kSmall Grant
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£6k17% of the salary costs for a dementia carer support service in Manchester.
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5kTrustee Nomination
THE COTTON INDUSTRY WAR MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2024£5k
LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUSTFY2022£3kStronger Communities Grants
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3kAnn Rylands Small Donations Programme
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kAnn Rylands Small Donations
FORD BRITAIN TRUSTFY2022£3k
W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUSTFY2023£400MATERIAL INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund12/11/2024£367kTogether We Are Strong
The National Lottery Community Fund18/11/2021£346kSustaining and Developing Services to People Affected by Dementia
The National Lottery Community Fund27/05/2021£10kTraining and Support for Dementia Carers
Sport England06/01/2020£6kExercising For Fun

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 TOGETHER WIRRAL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TOGETHER DEMENTIA SUPPORT£589k—0unclear—no doubt
DEMENTIA TOGETHER WIRRAL FY2025£196k—0unclear—no doubt
ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA SUPPORT SERVICES FY2025£3.2m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
Beyond Dementia FY2025£2.5m—0below—noted
DEMENTIA MATTERS FY2023£1.1m——unclear—no doubt
TOGETHER FOR MENTAL WELLBEING FY2025£23.4m——above—no doubt

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