Registered charity · London
Dementia UK
- 11 trustees
- Income £31m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor David Croisdale-ApplebyChair · since 2013
- Alistair BurnsTrustee · since 2024
- David John BallTrustee · since 2023
- David StewartTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Anne Elizabeth ShinkwinTrustee · since 2023
- Gavin Anthony SandersonTrustee · since 2019
- Jackie KinseyTrustee · since 2025
- Katherine Jane KeirTrustee · since 2022
- Philippa Blane ArmitageTrustee · since 2019
- Theresa MurphyTrustee · since 2024
- William James ROETrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Ireland
- Website
- www.dementiauk.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Dementia UK
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£31m£25m
- 2024£23m£19m
- 2023£19m£18m
Earlier years
- 2022£17m£15m
- 2021£16m£9.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE: 2.1 THE PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL NURSES TO SUPPORT, HELP AND CARE FOR THOSE CARING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA (THE SERVICE TO BE KNOWN AS THE ADMIRAL NURSE SERVICE AND THENURSES AS ADMIRAL NURSES).2.2 THE RELIEF AND CARE OF THE FRIENDS, RELATIVES AND CARERS OF THOSE WHO ARE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA.2.3 THE RELIEF, CARE AND TREATMENT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA.2.4 THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROGRAMME OF PRACTICAL RESEARCH AND THE PROMOTION OF STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO:-2.4.1 UNDERSTANDING THE CAUSES NATURE AND EFFECTS OF DEMENTIA AND INTO MANAGING CARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA,2.4.2 SUPPORTING PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR RELATIVES, FRIENDS OR CARERS, AND THE PUBLICATION OF USEFUL RESULTS OF ALL SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH.2.5 THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT DEMENTIA AND THE INDIRECT EFFECTS ON, AND THE NEEDS OF, PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND CARERS.2.6 TO ENGAGE IN ANY CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES WHATSOEVER WHICH MAY PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND CARERS OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA
Grants received
27 grants · £649,097 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £345,000 (4 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £164,069
- Cheshire Community Foundation · £99,162 (5 grants)
- SHAREGIFT · £20,500 (7 grants)
- Joseph Levy Foundation · £10,000
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
11 trustees on the board
- Professor David Croisdale-Appleby Chair since 2013
- Alistair Burns since 2024
- David John Ball since 2023
- David Stewart since 2023
- Dr Anne Elizabeth Shinkwin since 2023
- Gavin Anthony Sanderson since 2019
- Jackie Kinsey since 2025
- Katherine Jane Keir since 2022
- Philippa Blane Armitage since 2019
- Theresa Murphy since 2024
- William James ROE since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Professor David Croisdale-Appleby Chair since 2013
- Gavin Anthony Sanderson since 2019
- Philippa Blane Armitage since 2019
- William James ROE since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Professor David Croisdale-Appleby Chair since 2013
- Alistair Burns since 2024
- David John Ball since 2023
- David Stewart since 2023
- Dr Anne Elizabeth Shinkwin since 2023
- Gavin Anthony Sanderson since 2019
- Jackie Kinsey since 2025
- Katherine Jane Keir since 2022
- Theresa Murphy since 2024
- William James ROE since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Philippa Blane Armitage since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
8.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 9.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1039404
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 JUNE 1994, AS AMENDED 13TH DECEMBER 2001. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION DATED 23RD MARCH 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05 DEC 2019 as amended on 28 Mar 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 02944156 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02080365400 · info@dementiauk.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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