BUDDIES DEMENTIA CAFE

Registered charity 1184074 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Buddies Dementia Cafe is for people living with dementia and their carers. We meet every first and third Thursday of the month between 10.00am and 12.00noon where we provide entertainment, refreshments, advice and friendship in a safe and secure environment. We also provide trips and meals out. The meetings are held at Nettleham Village Hall, Brookfield Avenue, Nettleham, LN22SS.

Objects

THE OBJECTOF THE CIO ISFOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR CARERS PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO HOLD REGULAR MEETINGS; TO PROVIDE STIMULATING EXPERIENCES THROUGH MUSIC, EXERCISE, CRAFTS; TO PROVIDE OUTSIDE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS LUNCH, VISITS TO LOCAL ATTRACTIONS AND TO GIVE SUPPORT, HELP AND ADVICE ON NEW INITIATIVES.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIOFOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THECHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIESACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008]4. POWERS

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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Registered contact address: West Lindsey, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year ended 5th April 2026 was £42,009.77, resulting in an increase in funds of £22,648.87. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £70,618.40, represented by bank balances, savings, and cash. The independent examiner confirms that the accounts fairly reflect the receipts and payments for the period.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lucilla Beatrice Woodchair
• JUNE HAZEL GAUKE
• Lorraine McGeoghan
• Margaret Elaine Norris
• Maureen Gertrude Margaret Sullivan

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DOWNHAM DEMENTIA.

• DOWNHAM DEMENTIA income £56k
• BEESTON DEMENTIA FRIENDS income £32k
• DAVENTRY AND DISTRICT MEMORY CAFE income £14k
• SPELTHORNE DEMENTIA SUPPORT income £36k
• MEMORY LANE CAFE IPSWICH income £37k
• THE PALMER CENTRE income £118k

Side by side with its peers

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