OUR DEMENTIA CHOIR

Registered charity 1187483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Choir for wide range of age groups who are living with dementia

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECT IS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A CHOIR

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: Mansfield, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£204k
Latest spending
£162k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £133,210, which the Trustees consider compliant with their policy target of one and a half times annual expenditure. The charity raised £204,117 in funds during the year, maintaining its operational budget requirement of £200,000 per annum.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“During the year, the charity raised funds totalling £204,117 (2024: £229,996) of the funds generated £44,880 (2024: £32,424) was from JustGiving donations received through our website” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one and a half expenditure of the charity (reserves figure: £133k)
“The Trustees consider that the charity should carry reserves equal to one and a half expenditure of the charity.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 26
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2024 (received 18/08/2025, 49 days after the 30/06/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Our Dementia Choir (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£204k£162k
31/08/2024£213k£237k
31/08/2023£239k£182k
31/08/2022£95k£68k
31/08/2021£33k£11k

Common questions

Is OUR DEMENTIA CHOIR financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £133,210, which the Trustees consider compliant with their policy target of one and a half times annual expenditure. The charity raised £204,117 in funds during the year, maintaining its operational budget requirement of £200,000 per annum. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OUR DEMENTIA CHOIR?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OUR DEMENTIA CHOIR as a grant recipient include THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/04/2026£19kOur Dementia Quiet & Our Dementia Alumni Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund21/03/2024£17kOur Dementia Choir
The National Lottery Community Fund19/08/2022£10kOur Dementia Choir

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 SINGING EXPERIENCE, SUSSEX.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OUR DEMENTIA CHOIR£204k—0above—no doubt
DEMENTIA SINGING EXPERIENCE, SUSSEX FY2025£30k—0unclear—no doubt
Dementia Studio CIO FY2025£68k—0above—no doubt
Understanding Dementia FY2025£83k—0unclear—no doubt
WYMONDHAM DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP FY2025£33k—0above—no doubt
DEMENTIA CLUB UK FY2025£38k—0above—no doubt

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