Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

AGE UK STOCKPORT

Providing information, advice and a range of support to people in later life within the Borough of Stockport.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£2,002£1,863£139£194£2,653£1,75211.36350
31/03/22£1,233£1,608£-374£183£2,277£1,75413.16655
31/03/21£1,733£1,586£147£194£2,648£1,88914.36955
31/03/20£1,630£1,709£-79£202£2,244£2,03514.37655
31/03/19£1,510£1,688£-178£210£2,461£2,09214.97250
31/03/18£1,656£1,782£-126£303£2,666£2,38016470
31/03/17£1,542£1,568£-25£306£2,708£2,28217.5650
31/03/16£1,509£1,182£327£96£2,656£2,19122.3740
31/03/15£1,210£1,145£64£127£2,284£1,99420.9440
31/03/14£1,346£1,278£68£95£2,220£1,92718.1450
31/03/13£1,552£1,283£269£106£2,152£1,82917.1470
31/03/12£1,341£1,318£23£89£1,883£1,54514.1760

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 10.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 10.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 66%
Reserves/Spending: 11.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 14 years

www.ageukstockport.org.uk

info@ageukstockport.org.uk

01614801211

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Stockport,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Stockport MBC£51,887
10GM£20,000
Ministry of Defence£11,700
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Stockport MBC - Grant to Age UK Stockport
£51,887 13/01/2023
Distributing warm packs and energy saving advice
10GM - Home from Hospital Targeted Investment Fund
£20,000 27/09/2022
To enhance an existing service by joining up health & social care services to support the VCSE response to known discharge pressures. 3 partners: Age UK Stockport, Disability Stockport and Signpost Stockport. 
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£11,700 15/05/2020
to provide immediate support for vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-82
  • ANNA MARY MAGNER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • LAUREN RIDGWAY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Marketing
  • PAUL MILES CARTER Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired
  • STEPHEN ANDREW CLARKE Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Retired
  • SUSAN HELEN CARPENTIER ALTING (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/12/2010, number: 1139547
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/10/2010, number: 07413632
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
12 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from AGE UK SUPPORT SERVICES NORTH WEST on 08/01/2020
Main office

AGE UK STOCKPORT
COMMONWEAL
56 WELLINGTON STREET
STOCKPORT
SK1 3AQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND/OR OLDER PEOPLE IN AND AROUND STOCKPORT:1) PREVENTING OR RELIEVING THE POVERTY OF OLDER PEOPLE (2) ADVANCING EDUCATION FOR OLDER PEOPLE (3) PREVENTING OR RELIEVING SICKNESS, DISEASE OR SUFFERING IN OLDER PEOPLE (WHETHER EMOTIONAL, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL) (4) PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN RELATION TO OLDER PEOPLE (5) ASSISTING OLDER PEOPLE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SOCIAL EXCLUSION OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; AND (6) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES (WHICH MAY BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS OTHER THAN OLDER PEOPLE) AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE, WHERE SUCH PURPOSES ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ALIGNED TO, OR FURTHER, ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE ABOVE

Defined Area of Benefit:

STOCKPORT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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