DEMENTIA EXPERTS ON THE UP

With a major behind-the-scenes reshuffle completed, the 260 branches of this 25,000-member organization continued to provide a bewildering range of support to dementia sufferers and their carers in 2006/7. Along with the 1,350 services the charity provides directly, it was also able to fund Alzheimer's-related research to the tune of £1.8 million. Given the well-laid plans for 2007/08 - revealed in the annual report - we would have liked to see if achievements this year matched up to last year’s targets.

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QUALITY OF REPORTING

What is this? 		72%
How much info does the charity want to share? This score, taken from our search for 43 key points in the annual report, gives the answer. Top mark is 100%. Anything over 70% is a good effort.

SIZE OF CHARITY...

What is this? 		Large
We only profile the largest charities in England & Wales, and our sizes are relative to the largest and smallest among them. So where we describe a charity as 'Small', it is still much larger than the national average.

HIGHEST SALARY

What is this? 		£80k to £99k
Taken from the vague bandings given in annual reports; note that 'Under £60k' could be £9k or £59k. Nonetheless the number of bars should roughly correlate with the 'Size of charity' bars.

RESERVES WOULD LAST...

What is this? 		5 months
If income dried up, how long could work continue? 3-12 months is normal. Less may be precarious. 12+ months may be over-cautious (or if very high, may represent the value of the charity's property).

ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY

What is this? 		Unknown
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Reviewed: 2008-04-02     Accounts ending: 2007-03-31

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IN SHORT

Who/what it helps

  • People affected by Alzheimer's
  • Their carers

Where

  • UK

Providing

  • Support & care services
  • Information & Advice
  • Research grants
  • Financial support
  • Campaigning

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VITAL STATISTICS

ANNUAL EXPENDITURE
£42,968,000
What is this?
Of all the charities we profile...
- Less than £1m is tiny
- £1m to £5m is small
- £6m to £10m is medium
- £11m to £50m is large
- Above that is very rare
SPENT ON CHARITABLE WORK
87%
The rest usually goes into raising more income. A little covers legal requirements.


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Great North Run - Youtube video - chats with people running for
Submitted by Mike Newton (not verified) on Tue, 02/10/2007 - 9:27am.

Dear sir or madam

I ran in the Great North Run this year in Newcastle UK. I raised money for Alzheimers. There were many people running for Alzheimers. As I ran I chatted and videoed about 15 of them and asked them how much they had raised and why for Alzheimers. I made a YOUTUBE video. I hope you will enjoy it. You might want to circulate the address - please do
See
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgRXJxIDkzE
It can be also be found on YOUTUBE by searching on GASBAGSMike

Regards
Mike


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