Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

AGE UK WESTMINSTER

AGE UK WESTMINSTER IS A PART OF A NETWORK OF SOME 300 AGE CONCERN AND AGE UK ORGANISATIONS AND IT IS AN AUTONOMOUS AND INDEPENDENTLY FUNDED ORGANISATION, OFFERING DIRECT SERVICES TO OLDER PEOPLE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF WESTMINSTER. OUR ACTIVITIES COMPRISE:- INFORMATION AND ADVICE, HOME SERVICES AND BEFRIENDING.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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

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
30/09/23*£793£807£-14£130£492£3695.519468
30/09/22*£729£671£57£109£505£3856.916540
30/09/21£635£574£61£92£448£2645.512600
30/09/20£432£396£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/19£413£386£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/18£444£333£111n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/17£311£270£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/16£308£271£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/15£260£310£-50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/14£313£310£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/13£406£307£99n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/12£385£377£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/11*£626£940£-314£102£-498£-498-6.4160
30/09/10?*£1,293£1,214£79£185£34£7657.6210
31/03/09£1,436£1,346£90£173£122£1171270
31/03/08£1,660£1,617£43£164£326£3162.3440
31/03/07£1,597£1,516£81£157£75£580.5420
31/03/06£1,337£1,339£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£1,297£1,290£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£1,328£1,493£-165n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 19.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 16.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 75%
Reserves/Spending: 5.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 4.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 32 years

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/westminster/

enquiries@ageukwestminster.org.uk

02030045610

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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
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • City Of Westminster,
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
City Bridge Trust£155,700
National Lottery Community Fund£134,198
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£75,000
Greater London Authority£40,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
The London Community Foundation£23,876
DCMS£23,876
London Marathon Charitable Trust£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Fit4Life Project
£20,000 30/08/2023
towards the provision of weekly exercise classes, Dance for Health sessions and group walks for older Westminster residents aimed at improving their mobility and promoting physical activity
Greater London Authority - Assure your right to vote!
£40,000 14/08/2023
Age UK Westminster and Age UK Kensington & Chelsea will run a joint campaign to raise awareness among older Londoners, via a combination of in-person and online activities. With their online campaign, they will also reach older Londoners across ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 12/05/2023
Fit4Life Exercise at Home and Group Walks Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Living Well with Dementia Project
£9,964 28/04/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a series of activities drop in cafe and a befriending service for newly diagnosed and people living with dementia and their carers. The project aims to provide the opportunity to get together to socialise and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 04/02/2022
Exercise @ Home Project
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 10/11/2021
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Community Fund - Dementia Befriending & Dementia Cafes
£9,740 08/10/2021
The funding will be used to provide Dementia Befriending and Dementia Cafes for older people with dementia and their carers in Westminster. The project aims to improve peoples’ emotional and mental health by widening their networks of support and ....more
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Age UK Westminster
£75,000 24/09/2021
36
Dementia Befriending and Dementia Memory Cafes – services for older people with dementia and their carers to combat loneliness and social isolation by connecting with others.
London Catalyst - Age UK Westminster - 3
£2,500 21/06/2021
Health & Well-being Programme "Partners for Health"
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Age UK Westminster
£129,600 07/01/2021
36
£129,600 over three years (£42,300; £42,900; £44,400) to run a complex needs Information, Advice and Advocacy Service for people aged 65+ in Westminster, including the salary and on-costs of a 4 dpw Advocacy and Advice Co-ordinator and a ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Age UK Westminster
£23,876 30/09/2020
Funding is to scale up our Information & Advice service and to prepare for a significant increase in demand for home based advice sessions for house bound people which have been suspended since lock down and for which we expect a significant ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£23,876 30/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting older people during COVID-19 crisis.
£95,422 18/06/2020
6
Age UK Westminster (AUW) is using funding to continue supporting vulnerable older people in Westminster and to cover a funding gap that has emerged because of the COVID-19 pandemic.The funding will be used towards their information and advice which ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Age UK Westminster COVID-19 response
£9,693 29/05/2020
4
The funding will be used to provide an advice service a telephone befriending line and a weekly shopping service for older people.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Age UK Westminster
£21,100 28/05/2020
£21,100 towards 3 months of costs as outlined in your application.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Age UK Westminster
£5,000 13/04/2020
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 - Men's Hub - Let's Get Active
£9,379 05/02/2020
11
The funding will be used to deliver a pilot project of monthly activities for men over the age of 60. The project aims to tackle social isolation and loneliness and improve mental health.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-87
  • DAVID DURNFORD-SLATER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • DAVID KENT-LEMON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • DR ANN BLACK Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Gp
  • FIONA HEALY CONNELLY (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Film Producer
  • IAN ADAMS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Councillor
  • JOEL PETER LEVACK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Artist
  • MICHELE MESTRINARO Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Manager
  • NEIL CARTHY Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Private Investor
  • RASIKA MEENA KAUSHIK Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 05/03/1993, number: 1018300
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/02/1993, number: 02788761
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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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; AR23: 1 days late, AR22: 1 days late, AR11: 86 days late, AR10: 282 days late,
Main office

BEETHOVEN CENTRE
THIRD AVENUE
LONDON
W10 4JL

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:

CITY OF WESTMINSTER AND SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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