Bolton Dementia Support

Analysis

Bolton Dementia Support is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Bolton Dementia Support reported income of £175k and spending of £139k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £117k to £175k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bolton Dementia Support sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Black & Minority Ethnic Community Partnership (£175k), Medcare (£175k) and St Barnabas Counselling Centre (£175k).