Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 14
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

THE THIRD AGE PROJECT 

The objects of the Charity is to provide social welfare, education and leisure services particularly for adults over 50 years of age living in the West Euston Area of the London Borough of Camden.The Trustees carry out the objects of the Charity through the provision of a wide range of support services and activities to improve the conditions of life of older people.
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
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 19 years

www.thirdageproject.org.uk

info@thirdageproject.org.uk

02073834922

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£217£193£24n/an/an/an/an/a54
31/03/22£244£171£74n/an/an/an/an/a54
31/03/21£254£175£79n/an/an/an/an/a91
31/03/20£192£158£34n/an/an/an/an/a62
31/03/19£177£133£44n/an/an/an/an/a62
31/03/18£127£121£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£91£108£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£113£118£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£115£108£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£114£106£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£110£108£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£100£101£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£96£92£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£103£100£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£102£117£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£148£139£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£148£129£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£137£129£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Camden,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 54 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£120,000
Henry Smith Charity£120,000
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£90,000
DCMS£29,106
Camden Giving£17,000
Masonic Trust£15,000
The London Community Foundation£9,979
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting isolated elders beyond Covid-19
£120,000 14/03/2022
The project is using funding to deliver an inclusive renewal and recovery programme for socially isolated older people who have been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 Pandemic. The project aims ....more
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Third Age Project
£90,000 24/09/2021
35
To reduce stark social, economic and health inequalities among isolated elderly people within a disadvantaged neighbourhood improving social cohesion, life chances and quality of life.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 26/05/2021
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Third Age Project
£120,000 06/05/2021
36
towards three years' running costs of a project delivering health and wellbeing services for older people in the London Borough of Camden.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£29,106 23/07/2020
"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
Camden Giving - Third Age Project
£6,000 26/06/2020
8
This funding will help isolated and disadvantaged older men through the employment of an experienced part-time outreach and development worker who will coordinate project partners in the delivery of ....more
Camden Giving - The Third Age Project
£5,000 08/06/2020
2
This project is to support additional hours for experienced outreach workers to deliver services, maintain a database, accept referrals, etc.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Third Age Project
£9,979 14/05/2020
The funding is for the provision of telephone befriending and support, talking therapies, an emergency Food Bank, home deliveries of essential supplies, newsletters, community learning programmes ....more
Camden Giving - Connecting Local Older Men To Each Other
£6,000 30/04/2019
The project aims to encourage local older isolated men to come together to participate in a range of different activities including sport, the arts and health related initiatives, day trips they ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Third Age Project
£2,583 19/11/2018
We want to purchase new computers to tackle digital exclusion among marginalised elderly residents living within a disadvantaged community.
Camden Giving - Connecting Older People Together
£99,849 26/07/2018
36
The project will connect older people together; support a new community hub where residents living in close proximity to HS2 construction can meet and take part in a range of healthy living ....more
Camden Giving - Connecting Older People Together
£99,849 30/06/2018
15
The project will connect older people together; support a new community hub where residents living in close proximity to HS2 construction can meet and take part in a range of healthy living ....more
Camden Giving - Connecting Older People Together
£99,849 31/12/2017
12
The project will connect older people together; support a new community hub where residents living in close proximity to HS2 construction can meet and take part in a range of healthy living ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Third Age Project
£94,000 12/09/2013
36
towards three years' salary of the Project Manager of a project delivering healthy living activities and services for older people in the London Borough of Camden
Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-83
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/03/2005, number: 1108521
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/03/2003, number: 04715685
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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
18 returns made; all on time
Main office

Cumberland Market
Regents Park Estate
London
NW1 3RH

Objectives

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF ADULTS IN THE WEST EUSTON AREA (AS DEFINED BY THE GOVERNMENT OFFICE FOR LONDON) WHO ARE AGED 50 YEARS OR OVER (OLDER PEOPLE) TO RELIEVE OLDER PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED THROUGH THE PROVISION OF CATERING FACILITIES AND SUCH OTHER ASSISTANCE AS THE CHARITY MAY DECIDE AND TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AND FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF OLDER PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WEST EUSTON AREA (AS DEFINED BY THE GOVERNMENT OFFICE FOR LONDON)

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