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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Removed: -50
(no info on trustees)
    Overall GiG Score: -50 ?

    AGE CONCERN ESSEX 

    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
    31/03/22£1,341£1,059£282£1£1,267£1,26714.425171
    31/03/21£1,623£2,223£-599£13£985£8504.6227294
    31/03/20£3,450£3,709£-259£3£1,584£1,4394.7432244
    31/03/19£3,554£3,565£-11£7£1,843£1,4514.9445229
    31/03/18£3,786£3,917£-131£134£1,854£1,4614.5453325
    31/03/17£4,300£4,218£82£122£1,984£1,6124.65340
    31/03/16£4,131£4,238£-108£141£1,903£1,5404.45530
    31/03/15£3,384£3,538£-153£200£2,010£1,75961740
    31/03/14£3,167£3,340£-173£194£2,164£1,8866.81640
    31/03/13£2,924£3,046£-122£200£2,336£2,03581550
    31/03/12£3,368£3,173£195£196£2,458£2,0437.71740
    31/03/11£3,216£3,341£-125£184£2,264£1,7366.21520
    31/03/10£2,818£2,978£-160£176£2,393£1,8877.61600
    31/03/09£3,195£2,481£714£161£2,562£2,066101380
    31/03/08£2,308£2,119£189£147£1,848£8044.61100
    31/03/07£2,061£1,811£250£135£1,659£7875.21070
    31/03/06£1,585£1,555£30£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£1,361£1,336£25£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£1,097£1,095£2£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 12%
    Liabilities/Income: 13%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
    Reserves/Spending: 14.4 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 14 months
    Quick Ratio: 8.1
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 22 years
    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Services for the elderly
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Essex, Southend-on-sea, Thurrock,
    Who it helps
    • Elderly/Old People
    Who works here?
    • 25 employees
    • 171 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
    Henry Smith Charity£150,000
    Essex Community Foundation£93,962
    DCMS£85,776
    Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Age UK Essex
    £150,000 09/06/2021
    36
    towards three years' salary of a Service Performance Manager of a befriending service for older people in Chelmsford, Essex.
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
    £50,000 28/05/2021
    Core Funds
    Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Age Concern Essex (known as Age UK Essex) - 04/05/21
    £1,250 21/05/2021
    Core Funding
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £85,776 02/09/2020
    "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
    Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Age UK - Essex
    £15,000 09/04/2020
    towards the operational costs of supporting the increase in referrals from elderly people isolating across Essex during COVID19
    Essex Community Foundation - Information & Advice Supporting the Community
    £78,962 06/12/2019
    23
    to employ a community based Information and Advice Officer providing support to older people experiencing housing, debt,care and health issues in Chelmsford and mid-Essex area, over two years

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/03/2002, number: 1091058
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Event History
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    19 returns made; all on time
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from JUBILEE CLUB on 09/11/2021
    • Asset transfer in from CLAVERING AND DISTRICT OVER 60'S CLUB on 20/01/2022
    Main office


    Objectives

    TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE IN AND AROUND ESSEX

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    IN AND AROUND ESSEX

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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