Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 11
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +11
    Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

    GOLDEN-OLDIES 

    The Golden-Oldies Charity (Goldies) gives older isolated and vulnerable disabled people monthly social musical Sing&Smile daytime sessions, events and intergenerational activities to attend. Connecting communities and combating loneliness. Everyone is welcome, Goldies now take place across Wales-Goldies Cymru, S/W England, Yorkshire, Essex and the Midlands. Patron is Sir Cliff Richard.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • Spending is declining
    • Income has been volatile recently
    Established: 16 years

    www.golden-oldies.org.uk

    glj@golden-oldies.org.uk

    01761470006

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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
    30/09/23£231£247£-16n/an/an/an/an/a30
    30/09/22£285£271£14n/an/an/an/an/a25
    30/09/21£244£281£-37n/an/an/an/an/a0
    30/09/20£350£332£18n/an/an/an/an/a80
    30/09/19£412£360£52n/an/an/an/an/a100
    30/09/18*£301£293£8£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/17£295£296£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/16£327£315£12£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/15£316£315£2£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/14£287£244£43£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/13£189£202£-13£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/12£266£269£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/11£191£187£4£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/10£156£151£4£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/09£148£139£9£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/08£128£121£7£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Listed activities
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • General Charitable Purposes
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England And Wales,
    Who it helps
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People With Disabilities
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 30 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£75,270
    National Lottery Heritage Fund£31,700
    Wolfson Foundation£20,440
    Masonic Trust£15,000
    DCMS£10,000
    Co-Operative Group£7,335
    Charles Hayward Foundation£7,000
    Essex Community Foundation£7,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Golden-Oldies Charity
    £1,039 21/10/2023
    We would like to cover the cost of hiring our session leader and venue, as well as advertise the group and provide a fun, festive special event.
    Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
    £15,000 26/05/2023
    Unrestricted core funding for small charities
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Golden-Oldies
    £31,700 02/05/2023
    Gwrando a Dysgu Gyda’n Gilydd – prosiect Ysgol Gynradd
    Somerset Community Foundation - Singing and socialisation sessions for older people across Mendip and South Somerset
    £3,000 28/02/2023
    Grant to Golden Oldies
    Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to The Golden-Oldies Charity
    £6,200 04/11/2022
    £6,200 single grant towards the running costs of eight new community sessions in Bristol, Bath and South Somerset.
    Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Golden-Oldies
    £4,000 30/09/2022
    Sing & Smile sessions for older people
    Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Golden-Oldies
    £2,000 23/09/2022
    to restart and support social singing groups for older people in Braintree
    National Lottery Community Fund - Songs & Smiles return to Communities
    £10,000 24/06/2022
    The organisation will use the funding to re-launch and develop their singing sessions for older people carers and people with dementia to address issues linked to social isolation and low mental ....more
    Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Goldies Sing and Smile - ONLINE - 14/02/22
    £2,000 22/02/2022
    Core Funding
    Quartet Community Foundation - Goldies Sing&Smile in B&NES
    £1,824 22/12/2021
    As directed by the donor towards the Goldies Sing & Smile sessions in B&NES and shown in message attached from Chairman Cllr Lisa O'Brien
    Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Golden Oldies
    £20,440 09/12/2021
    Digital projection equipment to support social activities. Grant awarded through 'rapid route' in response to Covid-19 pandemic.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Goldies UK
    £1,001 23/10/2021
    We will provide online Sing and Smile sessions, bringing fun and laughter to older isolated people in their own homes and supporting that all-important connection to our Goldies Community.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Continuing Goldieslive.com for people at home adding gentle exercise
    £26,000 19/03/2021
    12
    Golden-Oldies will use £26000 to continue their choir sessions online. Using different platforms they will provide weekly shows that will offer people the chance to join in with songs provide ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - GoldiesLive- In tune with isolation
    £29,500 03/03/2021
    11
    The funding will be used by the group to help deliver online sessions over 12 months. It is looking to continue and develop their twice weekly online Fun Sing & Smile sessions across England for ....more
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £10,000 14/08/2020
    "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
    Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Golden-Oldies
    £3,000 23/06/2020
    Online singing sessions for older peole
    London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Walworth Golden Oldies
    £4,935 01/04/2020
    Neighbourhoods Fund - West Central grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Golden Thursdays
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Golden-Oldies Charity
    £5,295 15/11/2019
    We want to provide fun, daytime Sing&Smile sessions for isolated older people, and host inter-generational community concerts and events.
    Essex Community Foundation - Golden-Oldies Songs and Smiles across Essex
    £5,000 23/05/2019
    11
    To help introduce additional singalong sessions for elderly people in Essex, start a new Memory Café and continue intergenerational work to alleviate social isolation and benefit overall health and ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Goldies Cymru goes Bollywood
    £9,770 03/05/2019
    12
    Project Summary :_x000D_ Golden-Oldies will introduce regular Bollywood dance sessions to their 'Sing and Smile' groups for isolated older people across South Wales._x000D_ What Money is for ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Golden-Oldies Training Day
    £9,400 27/03/2019
    12
    The funding will be used to host a training day for session leaders, who deliver social activities for older people. The project aims to bring people together to share learning and experiences.
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Golden-Oldies
    £38,000 15/03/2019
    Our Heritage and Traditions, Our Memories, Our School Days, Classroom and Playground, Present and Past
    Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
    £3,500 22/10/2018
    Unrestricted core funding for small charities
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Golden-Oldies
    £9,000 19/07/2018
    purchase of audio visual equipment for a charity which works with older people in England and Wales
    London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Golden Oldies
    £4,400 01/04/2018
    Neighbourhoods Fund: Camberwell grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
    National Lottery Community Fund - All Together - A Goldies Cymru Celebration
    £9,700 06/03/2018
    12
    All Together - A Goldies Cymru Celebration
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
    £30,000 26/09/2017
    Brightening Vulnerable Lives with 'Songs and Smiles'
    Essex Community Foundation - Reaching older and isolated people across Essex through singing and activity sessions and other special community events
    £5,000 04/08/2017
    11
    Towards the running and development of singalong sessions for elderly people in Essex to alleviate social isolation and benefit their overall health and well-being
    National Lottery Community Fund - Goldies in Yorkshire
    £9,100 17/05/2017
    12
    The group will provide singing and activity sessions for older people who are experiencing the effects of social isolation. This will reduce social isolation and improve health and well being.
    London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Golden Oldies
    £5,000 01/04/2017
    Neighbourhoods Fund: Camberwell grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
    National Lottery Community Fund - Goldies Cymru in West & Mid Wales
    £249,458 25/01/2017
    36
    Goldies Cymru in West & Mid Wales
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Golden-Oldies
    £10,000 28/04/2016
    World War One - Our Heritage in Songs and Memories
    London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Walworth Golden Oldies Community Care project
    £3,500 01/04/2016
    Neighbourhoods Fund: Camberwell grant from the Housing & modernisation department
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Golden-Oldies
    £20,000 09/02/2016
    12
    over one year as continuation funding towards the core costs of an organisation which uses regular singing sessions to help reduce isolation amongst older people, across a number of areas in the UK
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Golden-Oldies UK
    £50,000 12/06/2014
    24
    towards two years' running costs of a project providing singing and activity sessions for older and socially isolated BAME people in south-west England and South Wales
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Golden-Oldies
    £25,000 12/03/2014
    World War One - Our Heritage in Songs and Memories
    National Lottery Community Fund - Goldies Cymru
    £149,000 29/11/2013
    36
    The Goldies singing sessions project aims to address isolation and loneliness across South Wales. It will also deliver its ‘Time after Time’ (Tro ar ôl Tro) intergenerational project in ....more
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Golden-Oldies
    £50,000 13/11/2013
    24
    over two years as continuation funding towards the core costs of an organisation which uses regular singing sessions to help reduce isolation amongst older people, across a number of areas in the UK
    National Lottery Community Fund - Jubilee Time after Time
    £60,000 29/06/2011
    24
    This inter-generational project will address the growing divide between young and older people in the community and bring them together through a range of activities. Projects will range from school ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Time after Time
    £10,000 05/02/2010
    12
    A project by this Bath and North East Somerset charity to bring together young and old people through inter-generational activities, covering topics such as school meals, fashion and transport. The ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Age Range of Trustees: 51-82
    • HELEN WANN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Executive Assistant
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/11/2007, number: 1121600
    • Registered at Companies House on 12/09/2007, number: 06369123
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • 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
    16 returns made; AR18: 11 days late,
    Main office

    UNIT 7
    FOURTH AVENUE
    WESTFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
    MIDSOMER NORTON
    RADSTOCK

    Objectives

    To promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public, in particular but not limited to persons over the age of 55 years, in the culture and heritage of Bath and North East Somerset and in other regions of the United Kingdom and the encouragement of the arts, in particular, but not exclusively by organising community singing sessions, exhibitions, musical events, television and radio broadcasts and presenting and promoting concerts.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET AUTHORITY

    Data Sources

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