Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

WISE AGE LTD 

Wise Age is the leading specialist 50-plus age and employment charity in London. We are a charitable organisation that campaigns for the elimination of age discrimination in all aspects of life, particularly employment. We deliver funded services to people aged 50-plus who need help moving towards employment and/or finding jobs or suitable vocational training.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/10/22*£73,657£83,520£-9,8630
31/10/21£47,415£41,855£5,5600
31/10/20£40,167£44,548£-4,3810
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years
(11 years as a company)

www.wiseage.org.uk

peter@wiseage.org.uk

07740192446

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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Services for those discriminated by race or gender
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Trust for London - Wise Age Limited
£4,000 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-02.02.2021-8979
Trust for London - Wise Age Limited
£80,000 09/06/2021
24
The funding is for development, provision of best practice in age-friendly, age-diverse training and employment support for employers, government and the voluntary sector. To promote training for ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Wise Age
£10,000 21/05/2020
A grant of £10,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 32-71
  • PETER MURPHY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Freelance Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/03/2020, number: 1188629
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/11/2012, number: 08277094
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; AR22: 9 days late,
Main office

Account 3 Ltd
3 Birkbeck Street
LONDON
E2 6JY

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY,AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND RELIGION;B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;C) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;D) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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