
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From** March 2024 **Period start date   To** March 2025 **Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Dementia Prevention UK** 

## **Charity registration number: 1196521** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|Dementia Prevention UK is a registered<br>charity providing education to the public on<br>dementia risk factors and practical tools to<br>delay or prevent dementia through lifestyle<br>modification|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Non-Pharmacologic Interventions delivered<br>on community level to prevent or delay<br>dementia. Our range of services if from 1<br>hour talk to long projects. Our long projects<br>are a few weeks long working with<br>communities on modification of lifestyle<br>behaviour|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|Three trustees confirm that they have had<br>regard to the guidance issued by the<br>Charity Commission on public benefit.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||<br>SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|We are a grant making Charity- N/A|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|We do not have social investment - N/A|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|We didn’t get any Contribution made by<br>volunteers - N/A|
|Other|||





## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|This year, we have significantly increased<br>our reach, both in the number of workshops<br>delivered and in our geographic coverage.<br>We have deepened our relationships with<br>communities, enabling us to better<br>understand and respond to their needs.<br>Our workshops have supported<br>beneficiaries to gain confidence regarding<br>their health and improve mental wellbeing.<br>We have also strengthened our<br>relationships with donors, ensuring the<br>sustainability of our programmes. Through<br>our activities, we have contributed to wider<br>societal benefits by [add a line on wider<br>impact: reducing isolation, promoting<br>inclusion, enhancing community cohesion<br>and overall improving access to heath<br>services<br>Overall, our work this year has empowered<br>individuals and strengthened communities,<br>reflecting our mission to reduce the risk of<br>developing dementia.|



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|• Total income- £35197<br>• Total payments- £32738<br>• Cash funds end of year 2024- £8890|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The policy allocates money from unrestricted<br>fund balances, which are not invested in fxed<br>assets, to several designated funds. These<br>funds are:<br>1. Contnuity Fund This fund is to be used to<br>bridge any possible delays in receiving<br>promised grants or managing payment in<br>arrears contracts. This has been defned as a<br>minimum of a two months budgeted trading<br>actvity.<br>2. Restructuring Fund This fund is to be used to<br>cover essental trading/actvites whilst<br>sourcing income to a maximum of 6 months<br>budgeted trading actvity.<br>3. Dissoluton Fund This fund provides for the<br>costs of dissoluton should the charity be<br>unable to contnue. It is only to be used in the<br>event of the Trustees' deciding the charity<br>should cease to exist. It will be used to pay<br>notceperiods,redundancies and the expenses|





|||of running Dementa Preventon UK untl<br>closure of the organisaton.|
|---|---|---|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£2000|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||Advancement of religion, education, health<br>or saving of lives|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Consttuton of a Charitable Incorporated<br>Organisaton whose only votng members are<br>its charitytrustees|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|We recruit our trustees via Volunteers<br>websites. They go through 3 rounds of<br>interview. First round of interview with the<br>founder Michelle Reshef, second round of<br>interview is with Chair of Trustees and third<br>round of interview again with the Founder.|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charityname|Dementa Preventon UK|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charitynumber|1196521|
|Charity’s principal address|39 Rossington Ave, WD64JX Borehamwood|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Sofia Levine|N/A|26/1/2022|N/A|
||Francina Stobart|N/A|27/1/2022|N/A|
||Alison Carter Albert|N/A|20/05/2023|N/A|





## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets None held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Sofia Levine 

**Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Trustee **Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 

01/07/2025 

