DEMENTIA MATTERS - HERE (FORDSHIRE)

Registered charity 1187352 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supporting and facilitating the increase of opportunities for people affected by dementia to live well with their diagnosis and remain a part of their community for as long as possible. Supporting and facilitating facilities to maximise social and recreational opportunities. Raising awareness of the issues affecting people with dementia and their families.

Objects

To relieve the needs and promote and protect the good health and well-being of people living with dementia, their carers and families living in the County of Herefordshire and surrounding areas, through the provision of such support and activities as the Trustees deem fit.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £24,060 for the year, with total expenditure of £237,056 exceeding income of £212,996. The trustees note that the charity holds sufficient funds to cover just over three months of running costs, while its stated reserves policy aims to secure six months' worth. The filing indicates that ongoing operation depends on securing further income to cover future running costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dementia Matters Here (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr SHIRLEY BARBARA EVANSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Cheryl Poole · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Stuart Pearson
• Natalie Cooke
• PHILLIPA MARY BRUCE-KERR

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• DEMENTIA MATTERS income £1.1m
• DEMENTIA CONCERN income £1.0m
• DEMENTIA MATTERS IN POWYS income £102k
• THE DEMENTIA CARE HUB income £211k
• Sage House, Tangmere income £1.5m
• CONTENTED DEMENTIA TRUST income £110k

Side by side with its peers

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