Dementia Matters

Analysis

Dementia Matters is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Glasgow. It was registered in April 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 02980817). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2023, Dementia Matters reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.2m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2023, income fell from £1.2m to £1.1m (-8.5%), an average of -4.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 121% 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 Matters sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% 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 Umbrella Derby & Derbyshire (£1.1m), When You Wish Upon a Star (£1.1m) and The Galen and Hilary Weston Foundation (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75% and donations and legacies 25%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £182k. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. It employed 50 people.

Data notes from the register: The register marks this charity as insolvent. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.