Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -13
Support Score: 4
    • 2 Trustees: -2
    • Narrow trustee age band: -2
    • Very static board: -5
    • All male board: -3
    • Grant maker support: +4
    Overall GiG Score: -9 ?

    AGE UK SEVENOAKS TONBRIDGE & DISTRICT 

    Services provided for older people in and around Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and surrounding districts. These include the provision of day care and a co-ordinated lunch club scheme throughout the area, chiropody, bathing service and other ancillary services. Information and advice, which is Community Legal Service quality-marked, is available including welfare benefits.
    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

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • There are only 2 trustees
    • The Board is completely male
    • The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age
    Established: 23 years

    www.ageuksevenoaksandtonbridge.org.uk

    office@ageuksevenoaksandtonbridge.org.uk

    01732454108

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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*£946£903£43£0£621£6218.342100
    31/03/22£884£764£120£0£578£5769.144111
    31/03/21£1,100£842£258£0£458£104895
    31/03/20£967£988£-21£0£200£1972.46295
    31/03/19£934£956£-22£0£221£2192.769124
    31/03/18£807£901£-94£19£242£2393.2590
    31/03/17£892£993£-101£87£337£3334660
    31/03/16£886£995£-109£93£437£4315.2640
    31/03/15£907£976£-70£46£546£5316.5760
    31/03/14£764£818£-53£61£595£5588.2710
    31/03/13£702£744£-42£56£648£6159.9270
    31/03/12£753£688£65£59£690£65811.5250
    31/03/11£588£602£-14£60£625£59311.8180
    31/03/10£473£593£-120£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£617£581£37£50£760£68614.2160
    31/03/08£996£520£476£42£723£59513.7150
    31/03/07£436£487£-51£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£445£437£8£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£450£387£63£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£563£403£160£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 14%
    Liabilities/Income: 11%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
    Reserves/Spending: 8.3 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
    Quick Ratio: 4.6
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Kent,
    Who it helps
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People With Disabilities
    Who works here?
    • 42 employees
    • 100 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
    DCMS£20,000
    Ministry of Defence£20,000
    National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £20,000 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 ....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
    National Lottery Community Fund - Pop Up Pop Ins
    £10,000 14/06/2019
    12
    The funding will be used to continue the delivery of the group's pop-up service for older people. The project aims to create a hub that combats loneliness, isolation and promote well-being.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (2)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 65-76
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/08/2001, number: 1088213
    • Registered at Companies House on 13/04/2001, number: 04200219
    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
    • 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; AR23: 29 days late,
    Main office

    Age Uk Sevenoaks & Tonbridge
    5 Bradford Street
    TONBRIDGE
    Kent
    TN9 1DU

    Objectives

    THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN SEVENOAKS AND TONBRIDGE AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN KENT (AND, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES, IN OTHER LOCATIONS), IN ANY MANNER WHICH MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER BE DEEMED TO BE CHARITABLE IN LAW.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    SEVENOAKS AND SURROUNDING AREAS

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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