Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 3

Strong growth: +2
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 4

DEMENTIA MATTERS - HERE (FORDSHIRE)

Supporting and facilitating the increase of opportunities for people affected by dementia to live well with their diagnosis and remain a part of their community for as long as possible. Supporting and facilitating facilities to maximise social and recreational opportunities. Raising awareness of the issues affecting people with dementia and their families.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

Income was lower than spending in the latest year
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/12/23	£140	£174	£-35	n/a
31/12/22	£154	£140	£14	n/a
31/12/21	£135	£53	£82	n/a
31/12/20	£21	£15	£7	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.dementiamattershere.co.uk

dementiamattershere@gmail.com

01432 804480

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Outpatient support services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Herefordshire,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£77,178
Herefordshire Community Foundation	£4,200
Masonic Trust	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Ross Memory Cafe
£1,200	26/09/2023	Grant to Dementia Matters - Here
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000	13/01/2023	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Dementia Voices Project -
£1,500	27/04/2022	Grant to Dementia Matters - Here
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Dementia Voices Project -
£1,500	27/04/2022	Grant to Dementia Matters - Here
National Lottery Community Fund - Herefordshire Dementia Community Voices
£67,773	27/08/2021	The funding will be used for the development of a sustainable dementia support service. There are limited support services for people affected by dementia in this large rural county and this project will build on existing research to design a system ....more The funding will be used for the development of a sustainable dementia support service. There are limited support services for people affected by dementia in this large rural county and this project will build on existing research to design a system that will provide community support services for people impacted by dementia.
National Lottery Community Fund - Herefordshire Virtual Meeting Centre
£9,405	29/05/2020 7	The funding will be used to set-up a virtual meeting centre for people affected by dementia across Herefordshire.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW WOOD Appointed: 2020

ASHLEY WINTER Appointed: 2020

DAVID STUART PEARSON Appointed: 2020

DR SHIRLEY BARBARA EVANS (Chair) Appointed: 2020

JOY DENISE VALENTINI Appointed: 2020

NATALIE COOKE Appointed: 2020

PHILLIPA MARY BRUCE-KERR Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/01/2020, number: 1187352

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from LEOMINSTER MEETING CENTRE (LMC) on 09/01/2024

Main office

10 Northern Lights Business Park
Clinton Road
Leominster
Herefordshire
HR6 0SW

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PEOPLE IN HEREFORDSHIRE, DIAGNOSED WITH DEMENTIA WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF THEIR ILLNESS BY:-· RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR FAMILIES, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION, BY PROVIDING AND PROMOTING EDUCATION AND INFORMATION;· AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS; WORKSHOPS; FORUMS; AND OTHER EVENTS WHICH WILL ENCOURAGE COMMUNITIES TO BE GENERALLY MORE ACCEPTING OF AND CONFIDENT IN ENGAGEMENT;· SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL NETWORK GROUPS AND LINKING GROUPS TO ENABLE THEM TO MAKE A MORE EFFECTIVE AND JOINED UP APPROACH;· SUPPORTING THE INCREASE AND COORDINATION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DEMENTIA TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES AND TO ENABLE THOSE COMMUNITIES TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THEIR NEEDS; AND· SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO MAXIMISE SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DEMENTIA.

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