Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 7
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

TWILIGHT KINDNESS 

1) Advocating to improve social well-being and connections among elderly people and their carers; and promoting intergenerational interactions thereby strengthening families and communities.2) Alleviating poverty among elderly people and carers with a focus on increasing access to food and financial crises support.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 3 trustees
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

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£553£531£22£1£30£300.733
31/03/22£195£188£8n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/21£540£625£-85£0£0£0033
31/03/20£539£516£23£0£85£85223
31/03/19£230£203£27n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£197£201£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£165£131£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£458£464£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£299£288£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£138£157£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£95£77£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/11*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/10*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/09*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 0%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: INF
Asset Split ?
Established: 16 years

twilightkindness.org.uk

mail@twilightkindness.org.uk

020 3322 5505

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 3 employees
  • 3 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£20,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£11,300
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Hackney CVS£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Friends of Zichron Dovid
£11,300 11/07/2023
Purchase of minibus for a charity which works with elderly people suffering from chronic health issues in London
National Lottery Community Fund - On your Own; But Not Alone
£10,000 12/05/2023
The funding will be used to provide support to bereaved women. The project aims to reduce isolation and loneliness by bringing them together.
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving and LBH Cost of Living
£5,000 08/12/2022
to provide breakfast parcels to seniors and have a monthly breakfast social.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 16/09/2022
Loaves of Love
National Lottery Community Fund - Caregivers Coffee Club
£10,000 04/02/2022
The funding will be used to provide a weekly morning brunch peer-support group and monthly recreational workshops for family caregivers. The project aims to transform the caregiving experience for ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/04/2008, number: 1123747
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR14: 7 days late, AR11: 86 days late, AR10: 242 days late, AR09: 650 days late,
Main office

52 EAST BANK
LONDON
N16 5PZ

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH FAITH AND2 SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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