Dementia Adventure Trust

Analysis

Dementia Adventure Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Dementia Adventure Trust reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.2m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £817k to £1.1m (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 Adventure Trust 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 Adventure Hyndburn (£1.1m), Nishkam Civic Association (£1.1m) and Bridges Impact Foundation (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 62% and charitable activities 37%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £608k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.

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