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Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 6
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

DEMENTIA MATTERS 

Dementia Matters provides support services to people with dementia and other degenerative neurological disorders and their carers. The charity provides a home care and support service in the community, independent supported living houses, day centres, residential respite care, training, advice and information and advocacy.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending


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Established: 29 years

www.dementiamatters.net

info@dementiamatters.net

01912171323

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/22*£1,149£1,434£-285£1£1,800£1,78314.9494
31/03/21£1,165£1,471£-306£1£2,085£2,00616.4634
31/03/20£1,745£2,096£-351£23£2,391£2,31313.21000
31/03/19£2,984£3,390£-406£15£2,742£2,6559.41512
31/03/18£2,497£2,932£-436£0£3,148£3,05712.51463
31/03/17£2,720£3,031£-310£13£3,605£3,44513.61300
31/03/16£2,521£2,799£-278£14£3,916£3,87316.61330
31/03/15£2,723£2,754£-30£62£4,194£4,05617.71110
31/03/14*£2,868£2,698£170£58£4,224£4,12918.41180
31/03/13£2,824£2,754£70£58£4,054£3,98617.41400
31/03/12*£3,499£3,531£-32£61£3,984£3,89413.21730
31/03/11*£3,886£4,073£-187£88£4,016£3,94111.61620
31/03/10£3,832£3,852£-19£81£4,203£4,12412.81550
31/03/09£4,162£3,938£224£73£4,222£4,12212.61540
31/03/08£4,150£3,468£682£79£3,998£3,80513.21510
31/03/07£3,908£3,575£333£73£3,315£3,24510.91600
31/03/06£3,620£3,457£163£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£4,294£2,975£1,319£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£3,068£2,627£441£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 32%
Liabilities/Income: 75%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 14.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 49 employees
  • 4 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Garfield Weston Foundation£80,000
National Lottery Community Fund£18,670
Sport England£17,205
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£15,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£13,747
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Sport England - One more night at the Roxy
£8,685 10/05/2023
Dementia Matters will provide therapeutic activities sessions on Singing for the Brain with Supported Dancing.
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Strive to Thrive
£8,520 22/03/2022
This project will provide taster sessions to promote physical fitness to the local community to help provide support for mental health challenges.
National Lottery Community Fund - Growing Support
£8,670 21/01/2022
The project will use the funding to deliver weekly gardening activities for people with dementia and their carers and families. A peer support network and workshops from gardening specialists will be ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Dementia Matters
£4,590 09/12/2021
Implementing a new gardening project for people with dementia and their support networks in Newcastle
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Dementia Matters
£9,157 18/11/2021
A pilot project of “Dementia Days” activities in Newcastle, Gateshead and Cramlington (Northumberland)
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 12/11/2021
Dementia Matters
HM Revenue & Customs - SME Brexit Support Fund
£1,980 30/06/2021
Funding provided for Professional Advice Grant
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the organisations charitable purposes
£5,000 27/11/2020
the organisations charitable purposes
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Support for people with dementia affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
£5,000 07/05/2020
Support for people with dementia affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - support for people with dementia affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
£5,000 07/05/2020
support for people with dementia affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
National Lottery Community Fund - Dementia Advice Outreach Project
£10,000 13/03/2020
11
The funding will be used to run dementia support outreach sessions for people suffering from Dementia and their families . The project aims to tackle the issues associated with dementia, such as ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000 28/05/2019
Northumberland Day Care Centres (Cramlington)
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Dementia Matters
£120,000 01/03/2019
36
Unrestricted funding.
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Dementia Matters
£192,000 21/09/2018
36
Dementia Advice Centre
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Tovertafel magic table
£5,500 07/03/2017
Towards Tovertafel magic table
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Residential Respite Centre costs
£5,000 12/02/2016
Towards Residential Respite Centre costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 45-77
  • LEE ALI Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/04/1995, number: 1045517
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/10/1994, number: 02980817
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 59 days late, AR14: 8 days late, AR12: 3 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR04: 29 days late,
Main office

DEMENTIA MATTERS
THE BRADBURY CENTRE
DARRELL STREET
BRUNSWICK VILLAGE
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE13 7DS

Objectives

(A) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED AS A RESULT OF DEMENTIA OR OTHER DEGENERATIVE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS, ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, LEARNING, SENSORY OR OTHER PROBLEMS ARISING FROM AGEING, ILLNESS OR DISEASE; (B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY OF CARERS AND EX-CARERS OF SUCH PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES; (C) THE PROVISION OF ADVOCACY TO ASSIST SUCH PERSONS TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO THEIR FULL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS CITIZENS; (D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST CARERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC REGARDING DEMENTIA AND OTHER ISSUES REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVE

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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