DEMENTIA SINGS OUT

Registered charity 1186115 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide support and relief, through weekly singing sessions, for people in the Wellingborough area living with dementia, and their carers.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE DSO IS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT SPECIFICALLY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RELIEF, THROUGH WEEKLY SINGING SESSIONS, FOR PEOPLE IN THE WELLINGBOROUGH AREA LIVING WITH DEMENTIA, AND THEIR CARERS.

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 FY2024 accounts

The trustees' report states that the charity's financial management is meticulous and supported by the ongoing benevolence of numerous benefactors. The charity continues to thrive on the efforts of unpaid volunteers and has seen an increase in reach, with average in-person attendance rising to 110 in 2024. The document does not disclose specific financial figures, reserves, or staffing costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Garry Bowechair
• Catherine Barrett
• Ian Barrett
• Judith Chapman
• Kathryn Manning
• Lucy James
• Ruth Bowe
• Stephen Line

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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