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home >> charity search >> dementia together wirral
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

DEMENTIA TOGETHER WIRRAL

Dementia Together Wirral facilitates, organises and operates events for those living with dementia, their carers and former carers social events to relieve their social isolation by way of activities and services including regular memory cafes, singing/music, walking, and theatre together with mini-coach and canal boat outings with one-off items of entertainment such as dances, etc.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit		 Volun-
teers
31/03/23£47£44£2n/a
31/03/22£26£23£3n/a
05/04/21£22£10£11n/a
05/04/20*£30£14£16n/a
05/04/19£16£4£12n/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

www.dementiatogetherwirral.org

allan.grogan@gmail.com

07511 777126

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Art or music based therapy
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cheshire West & Chester, Wirral,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities

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£15,930
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust£8,500
Westminster Foundation£7,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£8,500 01/11/2023
Funding provided a Volunteer Coordinators salary and provided coach and narrowboat trips and Memory Cafes for people living with dementia.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting people living with dementia and their carers
£7,750 03/02/2023
The organisation will use the funding deliver a programme of social activities for people living with dementia and their carers with the aim of reducing isolation and developing a support network for local people.
Westminster Foundation - ADWC grant - Dementia Together Wirral - 19/01/2023
£7,500 19/01/2023
12
Supporting people living with dementia & their carers
National Lottery Community Fund - Providing activities for people living with dementia and their carers
£8,180 25/03/2021
11
The funding will be used to continue and expand delivery of services to people living with dementia and their carers including a new activity box project to encourage interaction and stimulate conversation. Along with this project the organisation ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALLAN GERALD GROGAN (Chair) Appointed: 2018
  • IAN ROBERT KIRBY Appointed: 2024
  • LYNDA SHARON BIRD Appointed: 2021
  • PATRICK ANTHONY SMITH Appointed: 2022
  • PAUL ANTHONY CHRISCOLI Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/08/2018, number: 1179533
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR20: 31 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE LONSDALE TRUST WALLASEY on 02/01/2024
Main office

9 REDCAR ROAD
WALLASEY
CH45 8LY

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA, THEIR CARERS AND FORMER CARERS IN THE WIRRAL BY PROVIDING ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES DIRECTED TO SUPPORTING THEM IN MAINTAINING THEIR SOCIAL LIFE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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