Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +3
    • Grant maker support: +5
    Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

    KILBURN OLDER VOICES EXCHANGE 

    Kilburn Older Voices Exchange advocates on behalf of older people in Kilburn and surrounding area on issues that people raise. Current projects include: road safety, road crossings, lack of public seating and toilets, home care standards, personal safety/fear of crime, promoting wellbeing. KOVE engages a diverse group of older people in its projects including community filming.www.kove.org.uk
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

    Financial issues to consider:

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

    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*£43£26£17n/an/an/an/an/a10
    31/03/22£21£23£-2n/an/an/an/an/a20
    31/03/21£31£26£5n/an/an/an/an/a15
    31/03/20£26£26£0n/an/an/an/an/a20
    31/03/19£34£25£9n/an/an/an/an/a34
    31/03/18£26£29£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£26£26£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£25£25£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£15£13£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£17£15£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£7£14£-6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£19£22£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£20£19£0£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 14 years

    www.kove.org.uk

    peter56nw@outlook.com

    07973845285

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    GiG Classification
    • Services for the elderly
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    Where it operates
    • Barnet, Brent, Camden, City Of Westminster,
    Who it helps
    • Elderly/Old People
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 10 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
    The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£44,947
    National Lottery Community Fund£8,600
    Camden Giving£1,500
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - KOVE Community Film Project
    £8,600 20/05/2022
    The funding will be used to run a film making sessions and a film club with monthly showings of classic modern and locally made films with discussions around them following.. The project aims to use ....more
    Camden Giving - Kilburn Older Voices Exchange (KOVE)
    £1,500 30/03/2022
    Plans include intergenerational grand mentoring, developing I T, expanding creativity through multimedia and signposting
    The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Kilburn Older Voices Exchange
    £36,000 06/05/2021
    Older people consulting on and organising a variety of local activities to overcome social isolation, including forums and walks, combined with research and local campaigning.
    The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Covid-19 London Community Response Grant - Wave 3
    £8,947 13/08/2020
    6
    Providing support to members to overcome social isolation through contact by phone calls, monthly bulletins by post, weekly email bulletins, organising weekly local walks and regularly updating the ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (4)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/08/2010, number: 1137417
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    13 returns made; AR23: 41 days late,
    Main office

    54-56 Phoenix Road
    Somers Town
    NW1 1ES

    Objectives

    (1) TO ADVANCE ANY APPROPRIATE CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE OLDERPEOPLE (PEOPLE AGED FIFTY YEARS OR OLDER) IN KILBURN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.(2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND RAISE AWARENESS IN THECOMMUNITY OF TOPICS THAT IMPACT ON OLDER PEOPLE.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    KILBURN

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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