Buddies Dementia Cafe

Analysis

Buddies Dementia Cafe is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in June 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Buddies Dementia Cafe reported income of £42k and spending of £19k, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £13k to £42k (+230%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Buddies Dementia Cafe sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Smallshaw Hurst Community Action Group (£42k), Bedfordshire Down's Syndrome Support Group (£42k) and Archangel Michael & Saint Mina Coptic Orthodox Church (£42k).