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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

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:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
31/12/22£153,760£139,862£13,8984
31/12/21£134,703£53,196£81,5075
31/12/20£21,437£14,884£6,5530
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.dementiamattershere.co.uk

dementiamattershere@gmail.com

01432 804480

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient 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 works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 4 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant 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£4,420
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 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Herefordshire Virtual Meeting Centre
£9,405 29/05/2020
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The funding will be used to set-up a virtual meeting centre for people affected by dementia across Herefordshire.
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Grant to Dementia Matters - Here
£220 21/04/2020
additional cost of delivering services remotely
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

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
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
3 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.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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