World Dementia Council

Analysis

World Dementia Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, World Dementia Council reported income of £318k and spending of £353k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £208k to £318k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, World Dementia Council sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Amud Hachesed Trust (£318k), Lightwaves Community Trust (£318k) and The Ridley Foundation (£318k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.