THE MEMORY BOX FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1197067 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main activities of the CIO are the provision of courses and projects utilising historical and heritage related themes for people living with mental health issues, dementia, or experiencing isolation or loneliness. The CIO also provides activities for young people to learn from their peers, and also to provide training for carers on reminiscence therapy techniques.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PERSONS LOCATED IN THE UK, BUT PRIMARILY IN HAMPSHIRE, DORSET AND WILTSHIRE, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND ASSIST IN THE RELIEF AND IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH OF THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, DEMENTIA, OR EXPERIENCING ISOLATION OR LONELINESS, BY HELPING TO PROVIDE REMINISCENCE THERAPY AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE, IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, BY:A) THE PROVISION OF COURSES, ACTIVITIES, AND PROJECTS UTILISING HISTORICAL AND HERITAGE RELATED THEMES FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, DEMENTIA, OR EXPERIENCING ISOLATION OR LONELINESS.B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BY HELPING THEM TO LEARN FROM OLDER PEOPLE AND DEVELOP NEW SKILLS.C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CARERS WHO WORK WITH OLDER PEOPLE AND/OR THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, DEMENTIA, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING TRAINING ON REMINISCENCE THERAPY AS REFERRED TO IN (A) AND (B).

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £24,687 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees report that the charity requires more external funding to become self-sustaining and currently holds only one month of reserves. The primary risk identified is the difficulty in obtaining funding from the charitable funding sector.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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
• Paying staff
• 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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/11/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Colin Hodsonchair
• Della Osborne
• Lorraine Castiglione

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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