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home >> charity search >> age concern chesterfield and district
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

AGE CONCERN CHESTERFIELD AND DISTRICT

A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION WORKING FOR OLDER PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, SERVICES AND SUPPORT AND BY TACKLING ISSUES THAT AFFECT OLDER PEOPLE IN CHESTERFIELD, NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE AND BOLSOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL AREAS..
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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£58£52£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£26£31£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£38£42£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£93£82£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£74£75£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£65£73£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£76£85£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£63£80£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£83£73£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£86£67£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£57£63£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

www.brightlife.charity

co@brightlife.charity

01246273333

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Derbyshire,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People

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
National Lottery Community Fund£19,733
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust£5,000
CAF£5,000
Charles Hayward Foundation£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust - BrightLife (Age Concern Chesterfield and District)
£5,000 07/06/2023
The funding is for the provision of a telephone befriending service to people over the age of 50 who are lonely and isolated in Chesterfield, Bolsover and North East Derbyshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Telephone Befriending Support Service
£9,925 11/11/2022
The funding will be used to provide a telephone befriending support service for older people. The project aims to reduce feelings of loneliness build self-confidence improve mental wellbeing and promote independent living.
National Lottery Community Fund - Telephone Befriending & Support Service
£9,808 29/04/2021
The funding will be used to continue the group's telephone befriending and support service for vulnerable older people and volunteer training. The project aims to build confidence promote independence and reduce the feeling of isolation.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Age Concern Chesterfield and District
£4,000 12/06/2020
Telephone befriending service
CAF - Grant to Age Concern Chesterfield and District
£5,000 26/05/2020
3
Grant to Age Concern Chesterfield and District to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - Care Line
£9,928 27/02/2019
12
This funding will be used to run a care line for older people. The project aims to provide support, advice, and contact with older people to reduce social isolation and address issues they may face.
National Lottery Community Fund - Active Age
£86,034 19/02/2019
36
This funding will help the group to develop their existing telephone and support service which provides up to three free of charge telephone calls per week to older people, those who are lonely or socially isolated. This includes people who are ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Revising Services to Support the Elderly
£9,612 05/07/2017
12
The project will improve their accessibility, advertising and marketing services so they can better serve older people in the community and provide relevant services. This will strengthen voluntary and community sector capacity and infrastructure.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-78
  • ANN CATHERINE MONK Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
  • MARK JOHN BATES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director
  • PAUL DICKINSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • ROSEMARY ANN SCOLLICK Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
  • SAMUAL DAVIES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/09/2011, number: 1143993
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/07/2011, number: 07710836
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

Brightlife
South Lodge
Boythorpe Avenue
CHESTERFIELD
S40 2BF

Objectives

PREVENTING OR RELIEVING THE POVERTY OF OLDER PEOPLE; ADVANCING EDUCATION; PREVENTING OR RELIEVING SICKNESS, DISEASE OR SUFFERING IN OLDER PEOPLE (WHETHER EMOTIONAL, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL);PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; ASSISTING OLDER PEOPLE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SOCIAL EXCLUSION OR OTHER DISADVANTAGESUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OLDER PEOPLE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE, THE OUTCOME OF THIS BEING THE PROMOTION OF THE WELL-BEING OF OLDER PEOPLE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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