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title: "Top rated UK Dementia charities — Clarity Score leaderboard"
description: "Highest-rated UK dementia charities ranked by CharityCompare Clarity Score."
source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/top-rated/dementia
retrieved: 2026-08-18T01:24:34.949Z
license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0"
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The highest Clarity Scores for dementia charities in our directory are listed below. Scores combine charitable spend efficiency, regulatory return filing history, and public transparency disclosures. Information only, not donation advice.

## Top 10 dementia charities by Clarity score

- 1 [DEMENTIA FORWARD £1.8m · harrogate Give with confidence 97/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/dementia-forward)

Efficiency Excellent 100% to cause

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 8 trustees

Reserves 6.0 Mo Financial cushion

- 2 [DEMENTIA ADVENTURE TRUST £1.1m · UK-wide Give with confidence 96/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/dementia-adventure-trust)

Efficiency Excellent 81% to cause

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 7 trustees

Reserves 8.0 Mo Financial cushion

- 3 [Younger People With Dementia CIO £933k · reading Give with confidence 93/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/younger-people-with-dementia-cio)

Efficiency Unscored Filings pending

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 8 trustees

Reserves 13.0 Mo Financial cushion

- 4 [Beyond Dementia £2.5m · swindon Give with confidence 91/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/beyond-dementia)

Efficiency Excellent 96% to cause

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 7 trustees

Reserves 3.0 Mo Financial cushion

- 5 [RACE AGAINST DEMENTIA £3.0m · UK-wide Give with confidence 86/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/race-against-dementia)

Efficiency Excellent 83% to cause

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 10 trustees

Reserves 12.0 Mo Financial cushion

- 6 [Tenterden Social Hub and Dementia Centre Limited £719k · tunbridge-wells 85/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/tenterden-social-hub-and-dementia-centre-limited)

Efficiency Excellent 100% to cause

Governance Late Filings CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 8 trustees

Reserves 6.0 Mo Financial cushion

- 7 [ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH UK £62m · UK-wide Give with confidence 84/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/alzheimer-s-research-uk)

Efficiency Good 68% to cause

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 12 trustees

Reserves 6.0 Mo Financial cushion

- 8 [ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY £144m · UK-wide Give with confidence 83/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/alzheimer-s-society)

Efficiency Good 73% to cause

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 11 trustees

Reserves 3.0 Mo Financial cushion

- 9 [DEMENTIA RESEARCH UK £947k · UK-wide Give with confidence 81/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/dementia-research-uk)

Efficiency Unscored Filings pending

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 3 trustees

Reserves 5.0 Mo Financial cushion

- 10 [DEMENTIA UK £31m · UK-wide Give with confidence 77/100 ★★★★★](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/dementia-uk)

Efficiency Good 68% to cause

Governance On Time CCEW return status

Transparency Verified 11 trustees

Reserves 10.0 Mo Financial cushion

Scores combine Accountability & Finance and Transparency beacons.
[How we score](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology)