Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +5
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

    DOWNHAM DEMENTIA 

    Downham Dementia works with people diagnosed with Dementia and their care givers. It provides a regular social cafe provides advice support information and signposts onto services that may assist them. It also organises social activities. This activity occurs in Downham Market and the surrounding villages.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • The charity has received backing from a grant maker 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

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
    Deficit
    Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23*£26,300£23,400£2,90040
    31/03/22£18,521£5,575£12,94640
    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 3 years

    www.downhamdementia.co.uk

    WESTROPJD@AOL.COM

    01366383454

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • General Charitable Purposes
    GiG Classification
    • Other specialist outpatient services
    How it operates
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England,
    Who it helps
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind

    Who supports 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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    People's Health Trust - Friends sitting together
    £3,646 10/05/2022
    This two-year project, based in Downham Market, a market town in Norfolk, is an existing service providing an open cafe for people with dementia and their care givers to come together and make ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Downham Dementia
    £5,450 07/01/2022
    The funding will be used to continue the group's delivery of advice support and social activities for people living with dementia and their care givers. The project aims to reduce isolation improve ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (4)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/08/2021, number: 1195466
    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
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    2 returns made; AR23: 11 days late,
    Main office

    16 CHURCHILL WAY
    PARK LANE ESTATE
    DOWNHAM MARKET
    PE389RS

    Objectives

    FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN DOWNHAM MARKET AND THE SURROUNDING AREA PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A SAFE ENVIRONMENT TO HOLD REGULAR MEETINGS TO PROVIDE STIMULATING EXPERIENCES THROUGH RECREATION. TO PROVIDE OUTSIDE SOCIAL TRIPS AND TO GIVE PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT HELP AND ADVICE.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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