WENDOVER DEMENTIA SUPPORT
We provide a support service to those diagnosed with Dementia and their carers and families. Primarily we cover the Wendover area.We are a team of volunteers that bring together different knowledge, skills and experiences. Our team includes two retired GPs, a palliative care nurse and bereavement specialist, a frailty care co-ordinator and a Dementia Champion who is experienced dementia care
Objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO HELP PEOPLE WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF DEMENTIA AND ALSO THEIR CARERS / FAMILIES WHO ARE RESIDENT PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE WENDOVER AREA.WE WILL DO THIS BY:HELPING BOTH GROUPS IN COMING TO TERMS WITH THE CONDITION WHICH CAN BE DISRUPTING TO A NORMAL FAMILY LIFE AND STRESSFUL FOR THOSE INVOLVED.PROVIDING SPECIALIST ADVICE FROM PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED VOLUNTEERS AS WELL AS SIGNPOSTING AND SUPPORT BOTH ON A ONE-TO-ONE BASIS AND THROUGH GROUP ACTIVITIES.WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND OTHER SUPPORT GROUPS TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL INVOLVED.PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF DEMENTIA AND THEIR CARERS / FAMILIES TO MEET ON A SOCIAL BASIS AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHERÆS EXPERIENCES.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that net operating income increased to £4,396.43 for the year ending 31 December 2025, compared to £238.06 in the previous year. Total net assets rose to £47,221.79, with unrestricted reserves (cash and debtors) significantly higher than the prior year's £42,825.36. The charity holds substantial unrestricted resources relative to its annual expenditure, indicating strong liquidity.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025
- Volunteers: 46
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024
- Volunteers: 41
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023
- Volunteers: 41
- Government income: £8,000 — grants £8,000 (2); 18% of the £44,982 total gross income on the same return
Funders the charity credits
Trustees
- Dr Phillipa Wren Moreton FRCGPchair
- Carole Elizabeth Low
- Dr Christopher Simon Trower
- Robert Hugh Duggan
- Sian Elizabeth Chattle
- Trudi Jane Scrivener
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2025 | £37k | £33k |
| 31/12/2024 | £32k | £32k |
| 31/12/2023 | £45k | £23k |
| 22/02/2023 | £19k | £15k |
| 22/02/2022 | £13k | £9k |
Common questions
Is WENDOVER DEMENTIA SUPPORT financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that net operating income increased to £4,396.43 for the year ending 31 December 2025, compared to £238.06 in the previous year. Total net assets rose to £47,221.79, with unrestricted reserves (cash and debtors) significantly higher than the prior year's £42,825.36. The charity holds substantial unrestricted resources relative to its annual expenditure, indicating strong liquidity.
Who funds WENDOVER DEMENTIA SUPPORT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name WENDOVER DEMENTIA SUPPORT as a grant recipient include THE LIONEL ABEL-SMITH TRUST, THE ROGER AND JEAN JEFCOATE TRUST.
Shared trustees with funders
- Robert Hugh Duggan — trustee here and at THE LIONEL ABEL-SMITH TRUST
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE LIONEL ABEL-SMITH TRUST | FY2025 | £15k | Medical & Elderly Welfare |
| THE ROGER AND JEAN JEFCOATE TRUST | FY2023 | £6k |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE SAINTBURY TRUST | 1 | £14k |
| THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION | 1 | £10k |
| THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £10k |
| THE HARRY BOTTOM CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £3k |
| BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION | 1 | £2k |
| SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST | 1 | £2k |
| SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 1 | £1k |
| THE HOSPITAL OF GILBERT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY AT SHEFFIELD | 1 | £855 |
Charities like this
- BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF DEMENTIA FOR SANDWELL
- DARNALL DEMENTIA TRUST
- ACTION ON DEMENTIA SUNDERLAND
- WYMONDHAM DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP
- ALZHEIMERS DEMENTIA SUPPORT
- DAVENTRY AND DISTRICT MEMORY CAFE
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WENDOVER DEMENTIA SUPPORT | £37k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF DEMENTIA FOR SANDWELL | £256k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| DARNALL DEMENTIA TRUST | £161k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ACTION ON DEMENTIA SUNDERLAND | £63k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| WYMONDHAM DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP | £33k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| ALZHEIMERS DEMENTIA SUPPORT | £424k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |