Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +9
    Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

    AGE CONCERN WIRRAL 

    We provides support, services & activities to promote well-being and resilience of people in the local community, with a specific focus on people in later life. Our work includes information and advice, dementia care, residential care, hospital discharge support, tackling isolation and loneliness, empowering people to take control of their own lives, carer support, health and activities.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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 gender
    Established: 30 years

    http://www.ageukwirral.org.uk

    enquiries@ageukwirral.org.uk

    01514823456

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
    UN SDGs
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    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
    31/03/23£4,207£3,846£361£653£2,690£1,4674.6144300
    31/03/22£3,662£3,654£8£550£2,329£1,1063.6141700
    31/03/21£3,894£4,964£-1,071£614£2,321£1,0182.5141700
    31/03/20£3,425£3,440£-15£751£2,891£8483149500
    31/03/19£3,099£3,118£-19£763£2,906£9663.7144500
    31/03/18£2,839£2,833£7£641£2,925£1,0564.51290
    31/03/17£2,602£2,696£-94£732£2,919£1,0714.81190
    31/03/16£2,718£2,720£-2£777£3,013£1,13251230
    31/03/15£2,834£2,752£82£851£3,016£1,15251250
    31/03/14£2,572£2,576£-4£774£2,934£1,1025.11130
    31/03/13£2,789£2,678£111£855£2,938£1,0694.81000
    31/03/12£2,625£2,445£180£697£2,827£9364.61010
    31/03/11£2,237£2,192£46£566£2,647£7824.3990
    31/03/10£2,894£1,961£933£432£2,601£9225.6860
    31/03/09£2,074£1,750£324£425£1,668£8385.7730
    31/03/08*£1,983£1,372£611£295£1,344£7987610
    31/03/07*£1,234£1,220£14£288£733£2532.5580
    31/03/06*£1,157£1,156£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£1,251£1,147£104£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£776£765£12£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 19.7%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 17%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
    Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 25%
    Liabilities/Income: 22%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 55%
    Reserves/Spending: 4.6 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
    Quick Ratio: 2.4
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    How it operates
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Wirral,
    Who it helps
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Defined Groups
    Who works here?
    • 144 employees
    • 300 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
    National Lottery Community Fund£258,874
    Seafarers UK£167,604
    DCMS£85,000
    Ministry of Defence£20,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Seafarers UK - Grant to Age UK Wirral
    £22,700 12/10/2022
    Grant funding to support the wellbeing of residents at Mariners Park, Wallasey through assisting older resident seafarers to utilise IT to maintain connections with family and friends.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Reminder Finders Continuation
    £258,874 18/03/2022
    Age UK Wirral will use the funding to continue delivering their Reminder Finders project which supports those with mild to moderate Dementia across the Wirral. The project aims to to help people ....more
    Seafarers UK - Grant to Age UK Wirral
    £36,200 27/09/2021
    Grant funding to address social isolation amongst the most frail older ex-seafarers at Mariners' Park, Wallasey through activities and events.
    Seafarers UK - Grant to Age UK Wirral
    £27,176 24/09/2020
    Grant funding to address social isolation amongst older ex-seafarers at Mariners' Park, Wallasey through activities and events including bowls, golf, fitness classes, computer sessions, Big Match ....more
    Seafarers UK - Grant to Age UK Wirral
    £27,176 24/09/2020
    Grant funding to address social isolation amongst older ex-seafarers at Mariners' Park, Wallasey through activities and events including bowls, golf, fitness classes, computer sessions, Big Match ....more
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £85,000 08/07/2020
    "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 ....more
    Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
    £20,000 15/05/2020
    to provide immediate support for vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Age UK Wirral
    £4,154 15/11/2019
    We want to help people with a recent diagnosis of dementia to maintain skills, so they can live independently and feel socially included.
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Age UK Wirral
    £15,000 07/11/2019
    construction of an extension to a residential building for a charity which works with older people in Birkenhead
    Seafarers UK - Grant to Age UK Wirral
    £27,176 11/07/2019
    Grant funding to target social isolation amongst older ex-seafarers at Mariners' Park, Wallasey through activities and events including bowls, golf, fitness classes, computer sessions, Big Match ....more
    Seafarers UK - Grant to Age UK Wirral
    £27,176 11/07/2019
    Grant funding to target social isolation amongst older ex-seafarers at Mariners' Park, Wallasey through activities and events including bowls, golf, fitness classes, computer sessions, Big Match ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Reminder Finders
    £212,612 26/02/2019
    36
    The aim of the project is to support people with mild-moderate Dementia and their Carers. Funding for the project will see the expansion of the service with additional staff and activities.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Sensory Days
    £9,900 06/12/2018
    12
    The project aims to improve the wellbeing of people with dementia in the local area. They plan on achieving this by creating a sensory garden. Money from the fund will go towards seating, wildlife ....more
    Seafarers UK - Grant to Age UK Wirral
    £27,176 05/07/2018
    Grant funding to target social isolation amongst older ex-seafarers at Mariner's Park, Wallasey through activities and events including bowls, golf, fitness classes, computer sessions, Big Match ....more
    Seafarers UK - Grant to Age UK Wirral
    £27,176 05/07/2018
    Grant funding to target social isolation amongst older ex-seafarers at Mariner's Park, Wallasey through activities and events including bowls, golf, fitness classes, computer sessions, Big Match ....more
    Seafarers UK - Grant to Age UK Wirral
    £27,176 21/11/2017
    Grant funding target social isolation amongst older ex-seafarers at Mariners' Park, Wallasey.
    Seafarers UK - Grant to Age UK Wirral
    £27,176 21/11/2017
    Grant funding target social isolation amongst older ex-seafarers at Mariners' Park, Wallasey.
    Comic Relief - Care Home Challenge Fund - My Life Counts
    £11,909 27/05/2015
    12
    A ‘This is My Life’ Worker and volunteers will build relationships between people with dementia in our dementia home, staff and families.Using innovative technology, we will support people to ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Meadowcroft Community Wellbeing Hub
    £10,000 28/02/2013
    12
    This is a project by an incorporated charity in Wirral. The organisation will use the funding to replace the current passenger lift in the community centre. This will provide access to the first ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (9)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 46-77
    • PAUL SMITH (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Solicitor
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 04/03/1994, number: 1034510
    • Registered at Companies House on 02/02/1994, number: 02894067
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Event History
    Other Regulators
    • Care Quality Commission
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from AGE UK SUPPORT SERVICES NORTH WEST on 08/01/2020
    • Asset transfer in from HELPLINK COMMUNITY SUPPORT on 03/09/2021
    Main office

    THE DEVONSHIRE RESOURCE CENTRE
    141 PARK ROAD NORTH
    BIRKENHEAD
    WIRRAL
    MERSEYSIDE
    CH41 0DD

    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, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN AND AROUND THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WIRRAL (THE AREA OF BENEFIT):4.1 PREVENTING OR RELIEVING THE POVERTY OF OLDER PEOPLE;4.2 ADVANCING EDUCATION;4.3 PREVENTING OR RELIEVING SICKNESS, DISEASE OR SUFFERING IN OLDER PEOPLE (WHETHER EMOTIONAL, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL);4.4 PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;4.5 PROMOTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF OLDER PEOPLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS;4.6 ASSISTING OLDER PEOPLE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SOCIAL EXCLUSION OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; AND4.7 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OLDER PEOPLE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDETHE OUTCOME OF THIS BEING THE PROMOTION OF THE WELL-BEING OF OLD PEOPLE.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WIRRAL

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
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