CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO ANO WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the period From 29.02.2024 To 27.02.2025 Period start date Period end date Charity name: Marden Dementia Friendly Community (with Living Memories) Charlty reglstratlon number: 1202128 Objectives and Activities SORP refeMc* Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its 90veming document Para 1.17 TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR CARERS IN MARDEN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVIDING PRACTICAL SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA AND RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF DEMENTIA AND THE CHALLENGES IT PRESENTS WITH THE AIM OF CREATING DEMENTIA. FRIENDLY Summary of the main activities in relation to th)se purposes for the public benefit, in particular. the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. Slatement confimlng whether the truslees have had regard lo the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit Para 1.17 8 1.19 Providing social actlvlties for people in Marden and the surrounding area who are living with Dementia and also their carers, and also providing peoplo In Marden and the surrounding area with resourcos to access help and information about Dementia. Para1 18 The trustees can confirm that they have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. Addltlonal Informatlon {optlonal) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about.. SORP reference No Para 1.38 Policy on grant making
No Para 1.38 Poliw on social investment including program related investment Their time and any donatlons they may make. No paid staff. Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Nono Other Achievements and Performance SORP refOTwce The charity has arranged various social gatherings in its second year of registration for poople in Ihe Marden community livlng with Dementia, along wFth pooplo caring for them too. Thore have been musical gatherings at Ihe local village club with refreshments provided, there have been entertainors providing Dementia friendly sesslons in the village in our first year of registration. We have provided seated exerclse classes for peoplo wlth Dementia and a150 held monthly lunches. We have also worked closely wlth our GP practice to support people who havo received a diagnosls of Dementia. and also with our public library to promote awareness of how poople can bo supported to live botter wlth a dlagnosls. We have also continued to receive support from our parish church. Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the harity's work has made to the circumstances of ils beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. Para 1.20 Additlonal information (optional) You ma choose to include further stalements where re18vant about: To continue to ralse the profila of Marden DFC in tho village of Marden and tho surrounding area. This has been achieved by continual commitment shown by our Chair and volunteers helping at ovents we put on Dn the village. Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41
All fundraising activities have helped to not only raise funds for Marden DFC but also have continued to raise awareness of the Charity's existen¢è in the village. Perfonnance of fundraising acliviti8s against objectives sel Par8 141 We do not have Inveslmenl performance beyond wanting to ensure that we hold some funds in our Lloyds Bank accounL Investment performance against objectives Para 1.41 None Olher Financial Review Review of the charity's financial position at thé end of the period Para 1.21 The charity has maintained a bank account with Lloyds and received income of £7.100.79 and had outgoings of £6,355.27 for the re rtln riod. It is our second year of registration and we do not have a pollcy of holding reserves as wè do not belleve Fl urrently necessary. We have consldered this in the last 12 months and we will kèo this under review. NA Sg0 abovo Slalem8nt explaining the policy for holding r8S8rv8s stating why they 8r8 held PaTr 1.22 Amount of reserves held Reasons for holding zero reserves Details of fund materially in deficit Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern P8r8 1.22 Para 1.2Z Para 1.24 Not In deficit thorofore NA Para 1.23 No concerns Additional information {optional} You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: Genarous support from local cycling Club K2; donations from indlvlduals In the village of Marden: collections from funeral services. Grants applied for from local grant-making charities. The charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) Para 1.47 As we do not hold large enough sums in our one Lloyds Bank account and we do not intend to hold endowmènt funds for funding future schemes to promote the charity, wè do not think we n£•d an investment lic Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 Maybe a downturn In the nallonal economy thal might feed through to thg A descriptron of the principal risks facin the charit Para 1.46
local vlllage econorny and make fundraisin harder for the char None Other Structure. Governance and Management Description of charity's trusts.. Type of goveming document Para 1.25 Charity Commission precedent of a Constitution of a CIO with voting members other than its chari trustees CIO- pl•ase 800 above. How is the charity constituted? Para 1.25 Trustee sÈlaction methods including details of any nstitutional provisions e.g. eleiOn to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees Para 1.25 Trustees drawn from the flrst volunteers who helped with original Dementia Café callod Living Memories started in Marden in 2016. and since then drawn from residents in Mardon village who have shown a commitment to help further the objects of the charit Addltional information (optional You may choose to include further statements where r81evant about.. Trustees are asked to considor tho Charity Governance Code In the context of Marden DFC and also our chair directed us to read Safeguardlng training material. Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 Oryanlsed wlth a Chalr. Treasurer and Secretary and then additlonal trustees and also volunteers. The charity's organisational structure and any wider neOrk with which the charity works Pwa 1.51 None R81ationship with any related parties Para 1.51 None Other Reference and Administrative details Charity name Marden Dementia Friendly Community {with Living Memories
Charity name Marden Dementia Friendly Community Iwilh Living Memories Marden DFC 1212128 Target Fami Underlyn Lane Marden Kent TN12 9AU other name the charil uses Re istered charil number Charity's principal address Names of tho charity trustees who manago the charity D¥te6 act If not for wholo ar Tru$t•• nam• Offi¢e Irf any} Name of person lor body) entltled Int trustee Ifan Rachel Chacon Chair Angus Boucher Gail Hall Treasurer Administrator Trustee Nicola Harvey Catherine Mungalsingh Anne Boswell Trustee Trustee Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of th8 assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behaff the assets are h81d and how this falls within the custodian charity's objects NA Dètails of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity's own ass8ts NA Additional information {optbonal) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of Name AddrS adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior Stsff members (Optional information)
Exemptlons from disclosure Reason for non-dlsclosure of ke rsonnel details Other o tional Information DeGlarations The trustees declarè thai they have approved th• trustees, report abovo. Slgned on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature($) Full name{s) Positlon (eg Secretary. | Treasurer Chair, etc). ANGUS COMYN BOUCHER AIL ALEXANDRA HALL Administrator Date 18 November 2025
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