DEMENTIA SUPPORT HAMPSHIRE & IOW

Registered charity 1198042 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Dementia Support - Hampshire & IOW provides emotional support, information and signposting for people living with dementia and their loved ones, in Hampshire & IOW.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS AND TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DEMENTIA AND THEIR CARERS THROUGH SUCH ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORT 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.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Eastleigh, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£269k
Latest spending
£175k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £71,508 and total funds reached £189,678, reflecting a net income of £94,469 for the period. The trustees report that the charity is in a fit state to move towards growth and continue offering support services. No material uncertainties regarding going concern were identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £72k)
“It is our aim to have a minimum of 6 months unrestricted reserves in the bank to ensure our sustainability.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 11
“There were related party transactions of £218.88 in the period ending 28 February 2025 for the purchase of a software licence through a company 50% owned by director Simon Elliott.” — page 17
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 28/02/2025

  • Volunteers: 37
  • Government income: £70,982 — grants £70,982 (5); 26% of the £269,276 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 29/02/2024

  • Volunteers: 40
  • Government income: £14,908 — grants £14,908 (6); 13% of the £111,279 total gross income on the same return
  • 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 28/02/2023

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £59,165 — grants £59,165 (7); 46% of the £129,943 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dementia Support - Hampshire & IOW (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£269k£175k
29/02/2024£111k£90k
28/02/2023£130k£56k

Common questions

Is DEMENTIA SUPPORT HAMPSHIRE & IOW financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £71,508 and total funds reached £189,678, reflecting a net income of £94,469 for the period. The trustees report that the charity is in a fit state to move towards growth and continue offering support services. No material uncertainties regarding going concern were identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DEMENTIA SUPPORT HAMPSHIRE & IOW?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DEMENTIA SUPPORT HAMPSHIRE & IOW as a grant recipient include THE ALBERT HUNT TRUST, THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION, THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/09/2023£223kEmotional Support; Information & Signposting
The National Lottery Community Fund21/07/2023£10kPeer Support for people living with dementia
The National Lottery Community Fund25/02/2022£10kEmotional support information and signposting for people living with dementia

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 FRIENDLY HAMPSHIRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DEMENTIA SUPPORT HAMPSHIRE & IOW£269k—0unclear—no doubt
DEMENTIA FRIENDLY HAMPSHIRE FY2025£134k—0unclear—no doubt
ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA SUPPORT SERVICES FY2025£3.2m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
THE DEMENTIA CARE HUB FY2026£211k—0unclear—no doubt
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF DEMENTIA FOR SANDWELL FY2025£256k—0unclear—no doubt
WENDOVER DEMENTIA SUPPORT FY2025£37k—0unclear—no doubt

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