Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

AGE UK ENFIELD

To promote the welfare of older people in any manner, which now or hereafter may be deemed by law to be charitable, in and around the London Borough of Enfield (herinafter called " the area of benefit") regardless of ethnic origin, gender, marital status, sexual orientation or religious belief.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,515£1,582£-67£10£524£4943.75662
31/03/22£1,451£1,421£30£14£636£6075.15174
31/03/21£1,336£1,225£111£8£471£4654.64574
31/03/20£1,333£1,264£69£12£362£31734596
31/03/19£1,330£1,319£11£10£215£1841.74398
31/03/18£1,207£1,272£-64£8£120£890.8510
31/03/17£1,177£1,261£-84£10£126£920.9540
31/03/16£1,147£1,321£-174£16£260£2472.2620
31/03/15£1,310£1,304£6£4£341£3393.1630
31/03/14£1,238£1,169£69£8£436£4134.2480
31/03/13£1,216£1,163£54£21£601£4754.9380
31/03/12*£1,256£1,113£144£38£547£5215.6660
31/03/11£1,282£1,219£63£76£404£3803.7660
31/03/10£1,192£1,214£-22£75£341£2832.8600
31/03/09*£1,245£1,356£-111£81£363£2592.3690
31/03/08£1,563£1,605£-42£76£474£3372.5780
31/03/07£1,536£1,513£22£116£517£3232.6800
31/03/06£1,345£1,326£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£1,160£1,157£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£1,183£1,242£-58n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 3.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 27 years

www.ageuk.org.uk/enfield/

peter.glass@ageukenfield.org.uk

02083754120

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Enfield,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£271,392
National Lottery Community Fund£19,965
Quartet Community Foundation£6,550
Sport England£4,280
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Age Concern Enfield trading as Age UK Enfield
£1,470 21/10/2023
We want to buy materials and workbooks for our dementia day centre, including Lifestory books to encourage people with dementia to document their lives, help maintain memory and have fun.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Age UK Enfield
£112,000 06/10/2023
£112,000 (£55,000, £57,000) continuation funding towards the Fit for Life programme that will offer older people in Enfield a wide range of classes/activities in a range of community venues and in local parks in the borough.
National Lottery Community Fund - Men in Sheds Enfield
£9,989 28/04/2023
The funding will be used to deliver woodwork and carpentry activities for older men in the community. The project aims to provide participants with a place to meet others socialise and discuss their mental health.
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Back to Exercise after Cancer
£4,280 25/08/2022
This project will run dedicated exercises classes for people over 50 who are recovering from cancer to get them back into regular exercise. There will be a class for women and one for men introducing them to a range of exercises ranging from Zumba ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Age UK Enfield
£131,000 24/06/2020
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£131,000 over 3 years (£43,100; £43,600; £44,300) for the salary and related costs of a Fit for Life Manager and volunteer expenses.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Age UK Enfield
£28,392 11/06/2020
£28,392 towards costs as outlined in your application, excluding overheads.
National Lottery Community Fund - Information and advice for older people in Enfield
£9,976 07/05/2020
8
The group will use the funding to provide an information and advice service for older people who have been affected by the COVID-19 crisis. This will support vulnerable people and help them to reach their potential.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Age UK Enfield
£6,550 10/12/2019
Towards an interactive whiteboard for activities for people with dementia and their carers at a day care centre.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Age UK Enfield
£2,885 29/11/2017
We would like to help raise funds for the Befriending project to help end loneliness for older people in the Borough of Enfield.
National Lottery Community Fund - Fit For Life
£192,503 25/01/2017
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The group will continue and develop a range of activities for older people living in and around Enfield. The project aims to encourage and support older people to continue to live independently for as long as possible, maintain their mobility and ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Age UK Enfield
£45,900 05/12/2012
36
towards three years' running costs of a befriending services for older people in the London Borough of Enfield
National Lottery Community Fund - Fit for Life
£288,169 09/11/2011
60
This project will address the isolation and poor health outcomes of Enfield's older residents and ensure they are healthy and engaged in their community by providing a broad range of weekly exercise classes, walks and volunteering opportunities. Two ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • ALISON DE METZ Appointed: 2021
  • ANNE SMOL MBE Appointed: 2021
  • BERYL ANTOINETTE DE SOUZA Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Plastic Surgeon
  • ELAINE PATRICIA ADKIN (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • JOSEPH DANIEL HARLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Compliance
  • MICHAEL ZACHARIA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant
  • NICOLA HYDE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Communications Consultant
  • NICOLAS WAN THOUNG KEE MEW Appointed: 2021
  • RACHEL HOWARD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Of Talent And Acquisition Management
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/07/1997, number: 1063696
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/04/1997, number: 03352062
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR12: 2 days late, AR09: 49 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE ENFIELD TOWN AND FORTY HILL CHURCHES JOINT TRUST on 01/02/2024
Main office

Age Concern Enfield
John Jackson Library
35 Agricola Place
ENFIELD
EN11DW

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND/OR OLDER PEOPLE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT:3.1.1 PREVENTING OR RELIEVING THE POVERTY OF OLDER PEOPLE;3.1.2 ADVANCING EDUCATION;3.1.3 PREVENTING OR RELIEVING SICKNESS, DISEASE OR SUFFERING IN OLDER PEOPLE (WHETHER EMOTIONAL, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL);3.1.4 PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;3.1.5 PROMOTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF OLDER PEOPLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS;3.1.6 ASSISTING OLDER PEOPLE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, SOCIAL EXCLUSION OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; AND3.1.7 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OLDER PEOPLE AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE;THE OUTCOME OF THIS BEING THE PROMOTION OF THE WELL-BEING OF OLDER PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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