Finance Score: -50
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • In administration/insolvent: -50
    Overall GiG Score: -50 ?

    AGE UK SUFFOLK 

    The charity works to make later life as fulfilling as possible regardless of personal circumstances. It achieves this for older people and their family carers through providing information and advice, care and support services, and campaigning with and for them.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Financial issues to consider:

    • This charity is in Administration or Insolvent

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/19£2,132£2,493£-362£1,306£-435£-479-2.3165348
    31/03/18£2,177£2,154£23£945£-195£-231-1.3184459
    31/03/17£3,138£3,549£-411£910£-351£-502-1.7265533
    31/03/16£3,865£4,136£-271£1,143£544£1600.5140638
    31/03/15£4,261£4,570£-308£1,276£667£-3-0175768
    31/03/14£4,362£4,172£190£960£1,202£33011770
    31/03/13£4,178£3,852£326£874£1,111£31911700
    31/03/12*£3,868£3,720£147£745£845£2180.71640
    31/03/11*£3,763£3,684£79£773£889£3391.11460
    31/03/10*£3,555£3,527£29£681£610£1080.41410
    31/03/09£3,506£3,350£156£614£622£1120.41420
    31/03/08£3,225£3,171£54£167£998£4571.71390
    31/03/07£3,561£3,632£-71£624£944£3971.31680
    31/03/06*£3,762£3,452£309£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£3,292£3,143£149£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£2,897£2,769£128£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
    Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 156%
    Liabilities/Income: 34%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 110%
    Reserves/Spending: -2.3 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
    Quick Ratio: 0.6
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 23 years

    www.ageuksuffolk.org

    01284 763 311

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    GiG Classification
    • Services for the elderly
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Suffolk,
    Who it helps
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Defined Groups
    • People With Disabilities
    Who works here?
    • 165 employees
    • 348 volunteers

    Who's supporting them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    Suffolk Community Foundation£94,461
    National Lottery Community Fund£50,020
    Ministry of Defence£18,554
    Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Suffolk Community Foundation - The cost of running emergency services
    £5,000 29/05/2020
    3
    To support the cost of running the emergency services delivered y Age UK Suffolk. Covid 19
    Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
    £18,554 15/05/2020
    to provide immediate support for vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact
    National Lottery Community Fund - Covid Response from Age UK Suffolk
    £41,054 15/05/2020
    6
    Age UK Suffolk will use funding to deliver activities specifically aimed at supporting communities through the Covid 19 crisis. This will include weekly calls shopping and prescription collection ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Outreach Information and Advice
    £8,966 03/04/2020
    12
    The funding will be used to recruit an outreach advisor and volunteers to provide benefit advice and support to older people. The project aims to help support independent living.
    Suffolk Community Foundation - COVID-19 response 2020 - reaching those most vulnerable
    £10,000 31/03/2020
    7
    To enable Age UK Suffolk to adapt their services to remotely support the vulnerable elderly. Covid19
    Suffolk Community Foundation - COVID-19 response - Good Day calls for high-risk older people
    £5,000 31/03/2020
    3
    To enable Age UK Suffolk to adapt their services to remotely support the vulnerable elderly. Covid19
    Suffolk Community Foundation - Pop Up Chinwags - Community Befriending
    £3,000 19/03/2020
    12
    To support virtual coffee mornings across Suffolk. Covid19
    Suffolk Community Foundation - Time to Talk - Countywide Befriending
    £3,000 02/12/2019
    12
    Time to Talk - Countywide Befriending.
    Suffolk Community Foundation - Information and Advice service.
    £6,000 13/11/2019
    11
    Towards core funding for Age UK Suffolk's Information & Advice Service.
    Suffolk Community Foundation - Time to Talk - Countywide befriending
    £46,677 31/10/2019
    15
    To support - Time to Talk - countywide Befriending.
    Suffolk Community Foundation - Time to Talk - Countywide befriending
    £15,783 11/10/2019
    15
    To support - Time to Talk - countywide Befriending.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £10,000 26/06/2019
    Information & Advice service
    Suffolk Community Foundation - The Saturday Club
    £4,999 24/01/2019
    11
    To set up a Saturday Club for people living with dementia.
    Suffolk Community Foundation - Dementia Connections
    £17,970 06/06/2018
    5
    To help support services for those caring for someone living with dementia.
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Age UK Suffolk
    £120,000 13/06/2013
    36
    towards three years' continuation funding of three Help Centres providing free information and advice to older people in Suffolk
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Suffolk Older People's Council
    £5,000 05/12/2012
    towards one year's running costs of a group providing support to older people in Suffolk
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (7)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 51-82
    • DAVID CHENERY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Senior Manager With Age Uk
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/03/2001, number: 1085900
    • Registered at Companies House on 30/01/2001, number: 04150543
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Event History
    Other Regulators
    • Financial Conduct Authority
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    16 returns made; AR12: 101 days late, AR11: 16 days late, AR10: 4 days late, AR06: 3 days late,
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from MUMFORD'S CHARITY on 25/11/2019
    Main office

    R S M
    ABBOTTSGATE HOUSE
    HOLLOW ROAD
    BURY ST. EDMUNDS
    IP32 7FA

    Objectives

    *** IN LIQUIDATION***TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE IN AND AROUND THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT)

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    SUFFOLK

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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