Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 24 ?

BRAMLEY ELDERLY ACTION 

Bramley Elderly Action (BEA) provides a broad range of preventative health activities for local elders with the help of over 140 volunteers - many of whom are local older people. Older Wiser Local Seniors (OWLS) is part of BEA, providing activities for elders living in the adjacent Headingley, Burley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall area. OWLS is helped by almost 40 volunteers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 29 years

www.bramleyea.org.uk

info@bramleyea.org.uk

01132361644

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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£791£609£182£1£458£4208.319200
31/03/22£549£575£-26£2£277£2715.719198
31/03/21£759£634£125£1£303£621.220272
31/03/20£547£545£2£3£178£134322140
31/03/19£461£447£13n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/18£437£420£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£410£388£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£344£391£-47£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£359£359£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£338£336£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£385£265£120£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£290£315£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£204£196£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£212£197£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£167£176£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£193£193£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£186£192£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£221£231£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£190£169£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£191£177£14£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 30%
Liabilities/Income: 24%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 8.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 19 employees
  • 200 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,

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£150,000
Co-Op Foundation£30,000
Leeds Community Foundation£10,833
DCMS£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - SNOWY OWLS
£2,581 30/10/2023
Grant to Older Wiser Local Seniors (OWLS)
National Lottery Community Fund - Action
£150,000 19/08/2022
This funding will support Bramley Elderly Action to deliver a project called 'Action' which will benefit older people living in north and west Leeds. The project will support older people to become ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to All Hallows Lunch Club
£2,616 20/04/2022
Grant to All Hallows Lunch Club
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Bramley Elderly Action
£2,616 20/04/2022
Grant to Bramley Elderly Action
Co-Op Foundation - Bramley Elderly Action - 2021
£10,000 21/04/2021
Grant to support the group through the financial challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to All Hallows Lunch Club
£2,381 07/04/2021
Grant to All Hallows Lunch Club
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 29/07/2020
"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
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to All Hallows Lunch Club
£639 04/05/2020
Grant to All Hallows Lunch Club
Co-Op Foundation - Bramley Elderly Action - 2019
£20,000 17/01/2020
Providing opportunities and support for older people, aged 60 and above, in Bramley, Swinnow and parts of Stanningley, Leeds.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bramley Elderly Action
£100,000 08/02/2019
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This funding is for an organisation that provides a range of activities and services aimed at older people who are returning home from hospital and at risk of loneliness and isolation. The project ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bramley Elderly Action
£3,968 29/11/2017
Too many older people are lonely. Our befriending project will train more volunteers to help us support socially isolated older people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Bramley at the Centre
£9,840 11/10/2017
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The group will host celebratory events to launch the new start of the local community centre, with taster sessions of new activities and a consultation with people of all ages to ascertain which of ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bramley Elderly Action
£30,000 18/05/2017
12
over one year towards work to review, develop and strengthen the activities of a charity working with older people in Bramley, Stanley and Headingley, Leeds
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bramley Elderly Action
£18,900 29/10/2012
the salary and on-costs of the Activity Co-ordinator, travel, training, office costs (utilities, rent, telephone), insurance, publicity, volunteer expenses including CRBs, activities (room hire and ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-68
  • JEAN HOLLINGS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Community Connections Worker
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/02/1995, number: 1043975
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/01/1995, number: 03008194
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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • 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; AR07: 47 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 2 days late,
Main office

Bramley Community Centre
Waterloo Lane
Bramley
Leeds
LS13 2JB

Objectives

The objects for which the Company is established are:(a) The relief of older people in Bramley and the surrounding locality in any way regarded as charitable according to the law of England and Wales and, in particular, by: the provision of services not available from statutory agencies which will contribute to enabling older people to live independently in the community and upon terms appropriate to their means;(ii) the provision of services, advice or assistance generally to older people upon terms appropriate to their means; (iii) the provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure time activities for older people so as to improve the conditions of life of such persons in the interest of social welfare;(iv) generally the provision of services and facilities calculated to relieve old age, provided that no such service or facility may be provided which is not charitable according to the law of England and Wales.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BRAMLEY AND SURROUNDING LOCALITY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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