Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 9
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

AGE UK EAST LONDON

Projects and services for older people and their carers in East London
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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£3,332£3,206£126£0£1,377£1,2934.871200
31/03/22£3,028£2,887£141£0£1,251£1,1614.874408
31/03/21£2,567£2,231£336£0£1,111£9655.269270
31/03/20£1,948£1,858£89£0£775£6704.367250
31/03/19£1,896£1,913£-17£0£685£6644.279206
31/03/18£1,757£1,731£27£0£702£6624.6860
31/03/17£1,969£1,956£13£0£676£6764.1910
31/03/16£2,136£2,075£60£0£662£6353.7970
31/03/15£1,633£1,815£-181£45£626£6204.1600
31/03/14£1,469£1,715£-246£31£807£7905.5770
31/03/13£1,705£1,580£125£29£1,053£1,0417.9450

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 4.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 13 years

www.ageuk.org.uk/eastlondon

info@ageukeastlondon.org.uk

02089817124

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barking And Dagenham, City Of London, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest,
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
Hackney Council£352,297
City Bridge Trust£175,647
Ministry of Defence£87,506
DCMS£63,955
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Hackney Council - Grant to Age UK East London
£130,000 13/10/2022
Working closely with a range of agencies to ensure their communities are aware of our service and how to access it. In particular, health partners/ social prescribers based at GP surgeries across the borough.
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving Living with Covid
£10,730 30/06/2022
Hackney Giving Living with Covid Outreach grant supporting older people
Hackney Council - Grant to Age UK East London
£145,287 21/03/2022
Hackney Advice Grant Age UK East London
National Lottery Community Fund - Get Moving Again
£9,865 07/01/2022
The funding will be used to run a weekly Chi Kong class for older people. The project aims to offer a low-impact exercise ideal for inactive older people of all abilities who want to increase their activity levels gently and gradually.
London Catalyst - Age UK East London - 3
£3,000 07/09/2021
Hot Food to Support Reducing Hospital Readmissions
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Age UK East London
£139,000 03/09/2021
36
£139,000 over three years (£36,000; £46,000; £57,000) towards a Newham Advice and Information Officer (28hpw), associated management and support staff costs, and associated project costs.
Co-Op Foundation - Age UK East London STC Expand application
£10,000 18/01/2021
Enhanced delivery of remote social groups
Hackney Council - Grant to Age UK East London
£66,000 10/12/2020
12
Delivery of advice in Health settings and outreach locations focusing on the most deprived areas with the greatest need for increased advice provision
Hackney Council - Grant to Age UK East London
£5,000 10/12/2020
LCR Wave 4: To deliver approximately 4,450 delicious, nutritious hot meals to 650 at-risk older people over three months. Food will be delivered to people’s doorsteps and each delivery will double-up as a welfare check.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£19,870 13/11/2020
For community projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Age UK East London
£8,971 24/10/2020
Get Connected is a twice-weekly computer club for older east Londoners to learn to do tasks like shopping or setting-up and using email.
Hackney Council - Grant to Age UK East London
£6,010 10/09/2020
3
DEFRA: 1. Retrospective funding for providing an emergency food service to 650 people from 07 July to 04 September 2020. 2. Funding to support a further 60 people with food supplies in Hackney from 04-30 September 2020.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£9,985 14/08/2020
Small grants of up to £10,000 towards creative and engaging projects, that can be delivered under social restrictions, for people from Armed Forces communities who are isolated as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£63,955 17/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Age UK East London
£31,647 11/06/2020
£31,647 towards costs as outlined in your application,excluding core costs
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£19,446 15/05/2020
to provide immediate support for vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£18,318 15/05/2020
to provide immediate support for vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£19,887 15/05/2020
to provide immediate support for vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Age UK East London
£5,000 12/05/2020
A grant of £5,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - Intergenerational skill sharing
£9,992 26/02/2020
12
The project will use the funding to provide a safe space for older and younger people to meet, talk, share skills and experiences.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Age UK East London
£15,000 13/12/2019
purchase of a minibus for a charity which works with older people in London
Co-Op Foundation - STC Explore
£10,000 03/10/2019
Host a series of workshops within the local community hub to determine what local residents and young people would like to see in their area. The team will then link up with experts to help put this into practice.
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Age UK East London
£146,023 26/06/2019
36
To support a new approach to tackling isolation and loneliness using the television to connect housebound older to friends old and new, family and the wider community.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Age UK East London
£9,900 06/02/2019
The Lost Pubs of Bow, East London
National Lottery Community Fund - Get Connected
£10,000 14/05/2018
12
The group will provide a computer club for older members of the local community. The project aims to reduce isolation and increase wellbeing and independence of participants.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Age UK East London
£45,000 08/09/2017
£45,000 over 12 months to build a robust evidence base and business case for a new hospital admission avoidance pathway for older people in East London.
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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: 35-65
  • ADRIENNE POLICHT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Financial Analyst
  • DR RANDAL CARSON SMITH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Public Servant
  • IMELDA ANN REDMOND (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Healthcare
  • JULIA DENISE CASIMO Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • MOHAMMED ADREES SYED Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Banking
  • TERESA CHRISTINA O'CONNOR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Solicitor
  • ZARA KING Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/11/2011, number: 1144535
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/06/2011, number: 07687015
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

Age UK
82 Russia Lane
London
E2 9LU

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY (THE OBJECTS) IS ESTABLISHED AND TO WHICH IT IS SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED ARE TO PROMOTE THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND/OR OLDER PEOPLE IN AND AROUND EAST LONDON, NAMELY CITY, HACKEY, TOWER HAMLETS, NEWHAM, WALTHAM FOREST, HAVERING, REDBRIDGE AND BARKING AND DAGENHAM (THE AREA OF BENEFIT):1.ADVANCING EDUCATION;2. PREVENTING OR RELIEVING SICKNESS, DISEASE OR SUFFERING IN OLDER PEOPLE (WHETHER EMOTIONAL, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL);3.PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;4. ASSISTING OLDER PEOPLE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SOCIAL EXCLUSION OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; AND5.SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OLDER PEOPLE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE;

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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