Beyond Dementia

Registered charity 1048314 Registered since 1995

Operates: Wiltshire

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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.

7 trustees on the board

Janet Dore Chair
Harry Theobald since 2011
Jane Palmer since 2023
Janet Sweetman since 2024
Paul Whitby since 2019
Steve Besent since 2023
Wendy O'Grady since 2021

5.8y median 4y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Harry Theobald since 2011
Paul Whitby since 2019

13.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Janet Dore Chair
Harry Theobald since 2011
Jane Palmer since 2023
Janet Sweetman since 2024
Paul Whitby since 2019
Steve Besent since 2023
Wendy O'Grady since 2021

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 7Manufacturing 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£2.5m latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.9 in 2021

146 from 140 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

The Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism Similar size; both Health
Mary ANN Evans Hospice Similar size; both Health
The Christian Trust Similar size; both Health
World Obesity Federation Similar size; both Health
Three Pillars Trust Similar size; both Health
AGE UK Oldham Limited Similar size; both Health

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.beyonddementia.org.uk
Email	finance@beyonddementia.org.uk
Phone	01380 739055
Address	Beyond Dementia, 5 Sidmouth Street, DEVIZES, Wiltshire, SN10 1LD

Finances

£2,450,563 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,954,208	£1,819,857
2022	£2,230,416	£1,918,229
2023	£2,204,563	£2,183,855
2024	£2,272,778	£2,380,771
2025	£2,450,563	£2,445,076

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND TO RELIEVE POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONG PERSONS CONSIDERED TO BE SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA ESPECIALLY ALZHEIMERS DISEASE TOGETHER WITH FAMILIES AND CARERS AND PRIMARILY FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN WEST WILTSHIRE

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 JULY 1995, AS AMENDED 4 JULY 2001 AND 17 DECEMBER 2003. as amended on 26 Aug 2025

Trustees (7)

7trustees

78median age

6aged 70+

Janet Doreage band 75-79 Chair
Harry Theobaldage band 75-79 since 2011
Jane Palmerage band 70-74 since 2023
Janet Sweetmanage band 60-64 since 2024
Paul Whitbyage band 70-74 since 2019
Steve Besentage band 75-79 since 2023
Wendy O'Gradyage band 75-79 since 2021

Linked company (Companies House)

Beyond Dementia · 03082546 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/07/1995

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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