Dementia Concern

Analysis

Dementia Concern is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chatham. It was registered in October 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02748840). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dementia Concern reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.2m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.1m to £1.0m (-3.8%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Dementia Concern sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians (£1.0m), Molly Rose Foundation (£1.0m) and AFC Wimbledon Foundation (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and donations and legacies 7.3%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 8.6%. Reserves of £109k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 46 people.

Data notes from the register: The register marks this charity as being in administration.