Dementia Forward

Analysis

Dementia Forward is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08010259). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dementia Forward reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.8m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £799k to £1.8m (+131%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Forward sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Croydon Youth Information and Counselling Service Limited (£1.8m), Carers Leeds (£1.9m) and Bell View (Belford) (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 70% and donations and legacies 30%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £27k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 1.0%. Reserves of £806k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 45 people.