Overall GiG Score: 3 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

AGE CONCERN READING 

Information and Signposting, Activity Clubs, Tea Club, Weekly Pop-In, Toenail Cutting Service, Befriending, gardening, shopping and Campaigning on issues that affect people in later life.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 20 years

www.ageuk.org.uk/reading

info@ageukreading.org.uk

01189502480

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
?

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£214£259£-45n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/03/22£168£191£-23n/an/an/an/an/a43
31/03/21£189£197£-8n/an/an/an/an/a84
31/03/20£191£225£-35n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/03/19£198£197£1n/an/an/an/an/a63
31/03/18£170£197£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£164£197£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£253£224£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£232£219£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£234£200£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£225£194£31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£240£196£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£200£166£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£185£159£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£163£162£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£157£174£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£172£168£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£126£115£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 70 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bracknell Forest, Reading,

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£120,266
DCMS£14,653
Co-Operative Group£3,077
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - New Approaches
£10,000 10/03/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a series of new events and activities for older members of the community including planting singing and a Christmas party. These activities will provide ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - USG CIC Post Diagnosis Pathway
£90,388 09/03/2023
Funding will be used to deliver a safe space and support for children young people and adults with neurodevelopmental conditions. The project aims to create positive relationships and build ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Age UK Reading
£3,077 22/10/2022
Following Covid-19, volunteers will restart home visits, bringing friendship and social contact to isolated older people in Reading. This helps improve wellbeing and encourages independence.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sustainable Support for the Most Lonely – post Covid
£9,965 16/04/2021
The funding will allow Age Concern Reading to increase the delivery of an intergenerational befriending support service for lonely older people in the Reading area. The project aims to bring people ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,653 07/09/2020
"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
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 10/07/2020
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 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - IT Upgrade 2019
£9,913 30/05/2019
12
The organisation will use funding to improve its IT infrastructure to enable it to support older people by improving their mental and physical health and wellbeing.
Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 68-78
  • KAY BEWS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/04/2004, number: 1103557
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/05/2003, number: 04750114
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Walford Hall
Carey Street
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 7JS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN A MANNER WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE IN AND AROUND READING (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT)

Defined Area of Benefit:

READING

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Giving is Great