CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Trustees, Annual Report for the period
From 11912024
Period start date To 311812025
Period end date
Charity name: Dementia Support South Lincs (DSSL)
Charity registration number: 1162277
Objectives and Activities
SORP reference
Summary of the purposes
of the charity as sel out in
Its governing document
Para 1.17
The objectives of Dementia Support
South Lincs are to promote and
encourage the physical, mental and
I social well-being of adult persons who
have a diagnosis of demenlia, or are
caring for someone with dementia, or
need information andlor advi
regarding dementia and who live within
the areas served by the main General
Medical Practices in Bourne, The
Deepings and Slamford, Lincolnshire,
through therapeutic support,
encouraging active engagemenl in
appropriate activities, and providing
information, guidance and SUPEK)rt for
their families and carers,.
We focus on Ihe person behind the
condition and their carer. We provide
information, guidance and support for
our beneficiaries by personal visits,
email, lext, a quarterly newsletter,
monthly support meetings, social media
and our website. We currently have
2,500 Facebook followers.
Our monthly support groups meet in
three different locations, Bourne,
Stamford and LangtoftlDeeping.
Our Art for All group and Tai Chi for
people of all abilities meet weekly.
Our Singing for Fun group meets
monlhly in a local pub.
In the spring we started a gardening
group which ran until October in a local
care home.
Due to requests on social media we are
now running a monthly support group for
carers.
Summary of the main
activities in relation to
those purposes for the
public benefit, in particular,
the activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.
Para 1.17
and 1.19

We continue to have social oulings, this
year cruising on the Rutland Belle,
followed by lunch, Harvest lunches,
I Christmas lunches and a Valentine's Day
Dance.
All activities, social events and outings
are well attended by members and
volunleers.
Square Hole Club is our USP. We run a
twice monthly day club for people
diagnosed with young onset dementia or
who are in the early stages of dementia.
There is very little support available to
younger people living with dementia and
our members report this service is a
lifeline.
We give talks in the community about
our services and various aspects of
supporting the person living with
dementia. These talks are on request to
organisations like Rotary, Lions, local
businesses, supermarkets, care home
families and staff etc.
During Dementia Action week this year
we continued our usual groups and
activities and Invited the community in to
join us. Information about our services
and olhers available locally and
nationally were available as well as one
lo one sessions with our support
workers.
I We also put on an Art Exhibition at a
new location for us-The Red Hall in
Bourne, thus spreading the word about
our support services to a new audience.
We had over 200 visitors that week.
Statemenl confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit
Para1.18
The Irustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity
I Commission on public benefit and are
satisfied that we comply with the
guidance.
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SORP
Lreference
NIA
Policy on grant making
Para 1.38

Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment
Para 1.38
NIA
The Trustees, all volunteers themselves,
are fully aware of the invaluable support
given to Dementia Support South Lincs.
Volunteers support our members at
social events and activities and also
work lo raise funds for us.
Contribution made by
volunteers
Para 1.38
Other
Achievements and Performance
,, SORP
I reference
We conlinue to work hard in our local
community to support our members and
try to respond to any new requests, as
evidenced by the two new groups started
this year- Gardening and Evening
Support Group.
These two groups have been set up in
conjunction with a local care home. We
have made our support workers
available to their residents family
members in one to one sessions as well
as the evening support group
Summary of the main
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
drfference the charity's
work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any
wider benefits to society
as a whole.
Para 1.20
We represent a 'safe haven. for peop5e
who have received a diagnosis of
dementia lin its many forms1, often being
the first contact in the community they
have al a very difficult time. We offer
friendship, and mutual support
opportunities as well as practical and
emotional advice and support. We
demonstrate to the wider community
what is possible for people living with
dementia, and how they can help, and
offer advi￿ and support to community
groups in order to increase their
knowledge and decrease the stigma of
still associated with a diagnosis of
| dementia.
We have fomied a close connection with
one of our local churches, members of
which have been given Dementia
Friends training by our charity. Our
members feel verLcomfortable comin

to accessible services in the church and
also to social events. Square Hole Club
has two sessions a year in the church
and have been heavily involved in a
recent history project. This projecl
contributed to the church Aslackby St
James the Greal being awarded
Community Church of the Year by
National Churches Trust in 2024.
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Our overarching objective has always
been to keep our support services going
This has been a constant challenge as
we do not receive statutory funding.
During Covid our numbers declined
I dramatlC211y but since then we have
l increased the number of families we
support back to pre-covid levels.
We now have four professional support
workers, two exlra ones at Square Hole
Club and a part time administrative
assistant.
We have met our objeclives for
fundraising for this year, In the whole
year our income from donations is at a
higher level to the prior year. In the year
we received the first instalment of our
new grant from the Nalional Lottery
Reaching Communities Fund amounting
10 £16,414 which is a restricted fund. In
total the granl is £203k over 3 years
starting June 2025.
Achievements against
obiectives sel
Para 1.41
Performance of
fundraising activities
against objectives sel
Para 1.41
Investment performance
against objectives
NIA
Para 1.41
Para 1.41
Other
Para 1.45

Other
Financial Review
Review of the charity's
financial position at the
end of the period
Para 1.21
At the end of August 2025, the position
was an excess of £6.3k for the year. We
have received total grants of £16.4k. It is
difficult to budget for the coming year
due to ongoing uncertainties, however
the potential shortfall of income over
expenditure is circa £1 Ok-£15k in the
ear to Au
ust 2026.
We aim to keep a minimum reserve of
our running costs that will be needed for
the following15 months and the balance
of lon
er temi reslricted funds.
Our reserves were £169,436 at 31st
August 2025 of which £23.629 related to
restricted funds. The slight increase over
prior year in reserves was mainly due to
higher income from one off donations,
offset b
a small increase in ex
enditure.
NIA
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held
Para 1.22
Amount of reserves held I Para 1.22
Reasons for holding zero
reserves
Details of fund materially
in deficit
Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
Para 1.22
Para 1.24
NIA
Para 1.23
We continue to operate in a very difficult
competitive environment with grants
being more difficult to achieve. But we
are actively looking for new funding
opportunities and were successful in
achieving grant payments of £16.4k in
the
ear to Au
ust 2025.
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The charity's principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)
Our principal SoUr￿S of funding in year
to August 2025 have been from a
reslricled grant from National Lottery and
donations from organisations. In the year
to August 2026 we will receive further
instalments from our Nalional Lottery
rant.
Para 1.47
Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
ado
ted
NIA
Para 1.46

Our principal risks in the coming year are
the diminishing funding available from
the public sector and difficulty in
I recruiting volunteers able to devote time
to us. Additionally the level of donations
may still be affected by the current
economic climate.
A description of the
principal risks facing Ihe
charity
Para 1.46
Para 1.49
Other
Structure, Governance and Management
Description of charity's
trusts..
Type of goveming
document
Para 1.25
Constitution
"oval cnarier
How is the charity
constiluted?
Para 1.25
Charitable Incorporated Organisation
(cio)
"orated
assoni8lion CIO)
Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions
e.g election to post or
name of any person or
body entitled to appoint
one or more trustees
Para 1.25
Our Trustees tend to be known to us by
virtue of having been beneficiaries or
related to them in some way People
start by volunteering and when ready to
commit more time and energy can be co-
opted lo the committee or elected by the
current Trustees to be a Trustee, for a
lime limited
eriod.
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We h8ve policies and procedures in
place regarding induction. Training tends
to be 'in-house' by attending events and
activities, and shadowing our support
workers. All people who work alone with
our beneficiaries are required to have full
DBS ￿rtifICatIOn.
We have monthly Trustee meetings, and
receive reports from sub-wmmittees
such as social events, etc.
We are connected with the following
organisations in mutually supportive
relationships.-
Dementia UK
Alzheimer's Research UK
Lincolnshire Partnershi
Foundation
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees
Para 1.51
The charity's
organisational structure
and any wider ne￿Ork
with which the charity
works
Para 1.51

Trust
| Alzheimerfs Society
Young Dementia UK
Mindspace
Lincolnshire Heritage
Local churches, rotary clubs,
Businesses, shops, local pubs and clubs,
Masonic lodges etc.
Healthwalch.
i National Heritage Lottery Fund
National Churches Trust
SHINE
We send out a regular newsletter and we
are active on social media and our
i website all of which keep us in contact
with the families we support.
We work cooperatively with all the above
organisations
Relationship with any
related parties
Para 1.51
We have a full range of policies and
procedures particularly in regard to
safeguarding, These are reviewed and
updaled annually.
Other
Reference and Administrative details
Charit
name
Other name the
charil
uses
Registered charity
number
Charity's principal
address
Dementia Su
DSSL
ort South Lincolnshire
1162277
Wake House, 41 North St., Bourne, Lincs,
PE10 9AE

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Dates acted if
not for whole
year
Name of person
lor body) entitled
to appoint trustee
ifan
Trustees of DSSL
Trustee name
Office {if any)
Sarah
Westwood
Kay Bunn
Jill Bemrose
Chair
Trustees of DSSL
Trustees of DSSL
Trustees of DSSL
Treasurer
Hazel Cox
Resigned
0410212025
Resigned
0311212024
Nicholas
Fahidy
Linda Rogers
Trustees of DSSL
Trustees of DSSL
lain Reeves
Trustees of DSSL
Colin Dalby
Appointed
1011012024
Trustees of DSSL
Heather Cox
Appointed
0511112024
Trustees of DSSL
Other o
. tional information
Declarations
The tru5tee5 declare that they have approved the trustees, report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees
Signaturels}
Full namelsl
Position leg Secretary,
Chair, etcl
ood
Jill Bemrose
Chair
Treasurer
Date
C)IL

Dementia Support South Lincs
1162277
Recei
For Eh• poiiod
tsand
0110912024
ments accounts
3110812025
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Section A Receipts and payments
Lastyear
tolhé
lo ¢h• n•aroGt£
Al RecoiPtF
Don8bons and Grant8
49,213
16.414
05.827
40.74S
Charitable ktlvltie8
16.666
Syb lotal(Gross forAR)
57,422
t8blol.
Sub total
Totslrrf¢lpts
65,196
16.414
57.422
A3Pa
m&nts
harftable A¢Uvltle8
$1,131
19.423
15.554
fj9.20
Sub total
50.1JI
75.SS4
19,268
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Sub totsl
56.131
19,473
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AS Tran8ler5 beiweon funds
Ae Cash funds lastyear tnd
Cash fun4Ys thls ye8rend
g,Q6S
8.056
li.e46
138,742
145.807
26.638
23.629
163.380
159.436
175.226
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Miss J. Bemrose
Treasurer
Dementia Support South Lincs.
Registered Charity No. 1162277
I have carried out an in5pettion of the accounts of the organisation for the year
1st September 2024 to 31st August 2025.
In my opinion the accounts and Balance Sheet give a fair and true view of the
st
financial activities of the Charity for that period and the position at 31 August
2025.
Martin P. Lander
A.C. l.B. (Retired)
9th December 2025