Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 11
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +11

    GATESHEAD OLDER PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY 

    Gateshead Older People's Assembly offers opportunities for over 50s to maintain their health and independence through socialising, exercising, and learning. We support activities in community venues across our borough and maintain a wellness hub for over 50s in Deckham. For more information, please visit www.gatesheadopa.org.uk
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including a Community Foundation and there are significant future grants due to be received

    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: 10 years

    http://www.gatesheadopa.org.uk/

    info@gatesheadopa.org.uk

    01914381721

    Charity Commission for England and WalesX
    UN SDGs
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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
    31/03/23£215£206£9n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/22£254£202£53n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/21£316£274£41n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/20£205£161£45n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/19£194£175£19n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/18£123£132£-9£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£113£108£4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£85£63£22£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£78£52£25£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    What it does
    • Disability
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    Who it helps
    • Elderly/Old People
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Gateshead,

    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£156,171
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£129,650
    The Ballinger Charitable Trust£105,000
    Tudor Trust£87,000
    DCMS£74,656
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£53,482
    Sport England£24,656
    Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Community Fund - Making Movies
    £9,971 14/04/2023
    This funding will be used to bring younger people together with a group of older volunteers to develop their film-making skills. The volunteers will then work with groups of older people across ....more
    The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Gateshead Older People's Assembly
    £60,000 10/03/2023
    Core costs of organisation
    The Shears Foundation - Gateshead Older People's Assembly
    £5,000 09/08/2022
    Improving mental health and physical wellbeing
    Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
    £15,000 10/11/2021
    Unrestricted core funding for small charities
    National Lottery Community Fund - Fresh Start
    £136,200 21/07/2021
    36
    The project will use the funding over three years to continue addressing the negative impacts of the pandemic on the lives of older people in Gateshead. This includes offering a range of activities ....more
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
    £20,000 11/06/2021
    Core costs
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - The organisation’s work with older people in Gateshead arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
    £25,000 27/05/2021
    The organisation’s work with older people in Gateshead arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Gateshead Older People's Assembly
    £25,000 27/05/2021
    The organisation’s work with older people in Gateshead arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
    Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Gateshead Older People's Assembly
    £10,000 26/05/2021
    5% as core costs for a charity providing_x000D_ opportunities for people aged over 50 in Gateshead to improve their health, maintain their independence, and take a more active role in their local ....more
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Gateshead Older People's Assembly
    £85,000 20/05/2021
    36
    over three years as continuation funding, on an unrestricted basis, for a charity supporting older people in Gateshead
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Gateshead Older People's Assembly
    £1,500 22/04/2021
    The organisation's charitable purposes
    National Lottery Community Fund - Never Too Old to Rock
    £10,000 25/03/2021
    12
    The funding will be used to deliver music workshops to older people. This aims to reduce the loneliness and isolation and improve mental wellbeing.
    Sport England - COVID-19 Return to Play
    £5,156 03/03/2021
    Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund - Return to Play funding programme for a Capital project titled Covid-19 Return to Play. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on ....more
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Gateshead Older People's Assembly
    £2,000 17/02/2021
    as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
    Sport England - Covid-19 Return to Play
    £19,500 01/12/2020
    4
    Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Covid-19 Return to Play. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
    DCMS - ALB-SportEngland-Covid-19 Return to Play
    £24,656 01/12/2020
    Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Covid-19 Return to Play. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - support the health and well being of older people living in Gateshead
    £4,950 08/10/2020
    support the health and well being of older people living in Gateshead
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - The provision of outdoor activities to exercise and socialise for older people living in Gateshead during the Covid-19 pandemic
    £9,940 06/10/2020
    The provision of outdoor activities to exercise and socialise for older people living in Gateshead during the Covid-19 pandemic
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the provision of outdoor activities to exercise and socialise for older people living in Gateshead during the Covid-19 pandemic
    £9,940 06/10/2020
    the provision of outdoor activities to exercise and socialise for older people living in Gateshead during the Covid-19 pandemic
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - For delivering free-to-air television programmes on a local station for four weeks to support the health and wellbeing of older people in Tyne and Wear in response to the Covid-19 pandemic
    £20,000 07/08/2020
    For delivering free-to-air television programmes on a local station for four weeks to support the health and wellbeing of older people in Tyne and Wear in response to the Covid-19 pandemic
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - delivering free-to-air television programmes on a local station for four weeks to support the health and wellbeing of older people in Tyne and Wear in response to the Covid-19 pandemic
    £20,000 07/08/2020
    delivering free-to-air television programmes on a local station for four weeks to support the health and wellbeing of older people in Tyne and Wear in response to the Covid-19 pandemic
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £50,000 17/07/2020
    "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
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Support to provide outdoor activities to exercise and socialise for older people living in Gateshead during the Covid-19 pandemic
    £10,000 18/06/2020
    Support to provide outdoor activities to exercise and socialise for older people living in Gateshead during the Covid-19 pandemic
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - providing outdoor activities to exercise and socialise for older people living in Gateshead during the Covid-19 pandemic
    £10,000 18/06/2020
    providing outdoor activities to exercise and socialise for older people living in Gateshead during the Covid-19 pandemic
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - costs of employing a Community Engagement Officer to work with older people across Gateshead (Yr 2)
    £19,820 02/04/2020
    costs of employing a Community Engagement Officer to work with older people across Gateshead (Yr 2)
    The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Gateshead Older People's Assembly
    £45,000 20/09/2019
    36
    Well-being activities to help older people remain physically & mentally active
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Costs of employing a Community Engagement Officer to work with older people across Gateshead (Yr 1).
    £22,970 26/06/2019
    Costs of employing a Community Engagement Officer to work with older people across Gateshead (Yr 1).
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Towards achieving more classes for older people across Gateshead.
    £4,012 23/05/2019
    Towards achieving more classes for older people across Gateshead.
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - For work that promotes the social inclusion of older people
    £10,000 12/03/2019
    For work that promotes the social inclusion of older people
    Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grandparents' soft play and coffee morning
    £3,000 21/01/2019
    Grandparents' soft play and coffee morning
    National Lottery Community Fund - Making our Centre a Welcoming Place
    £10,000 20/12/2018
    12
    The funding will be used to repaint the community centre and enable the group to continue to hire a part time coordinator to oversee the café volunteers. This will improve the facilities and enable ....more
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Gateshead Older People's Assembly
    £7,357 19/11/2018
    We will enable older people to take part in activities to help prevent falls and malnutrition, and reduce loneliness and social isolation.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Gateshead Older People's Assembly Ambassadors Programme
    £5,000 03/07/2018
    12
    This project is designed to increase the number of social groups and wellness classes available to older people within the borough of Gateshead.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Assembly Ambassadors
    £124,265 21/03/2018
    36
    The group will provide a variety of activities for older people in Gateshead. This will reduce the levels of social isolation, loneliness, falls, and malnutrition experienced by older people, with ....more
    Tudor Trust - Grant to Gateshead Older People's Assembly
    £85,000 19/03/2018
    36
    over three years towards core costs for a charity supporting older people in Gateshead
    The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to Gateshead Older People's Assembly
    £20,000 12/03/2018
    48
    Main Grant unrestricted core costs
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Wellness Hub Improvements
    £4,845 22/01/2018
    Wellness Hub Improvements
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Development of diversified income streams
    £9,921 20/11/2017
    Development of diversified income streams
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Cosy Crow Singing Group
    £2,900 13/11/2017
    Cosy Crow Singing Group
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - New Faces, New Friends
    £7,750 27/09/2017
    New Faces, New Friends
    National Lottery Community Fund - Evaluation and Promotion of Gateshead OPA
    £9,690 19/04/2017
    12
    The project will carry out an independent external evaluation of their activities and services, and create a promotional film to demonstrate the impact of their work. This will provide an impartial ....more
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Developing Capacity within Gateshead Older People's Assembly
    £9,321 18/11/2016
    Towards Developing Capacity within Gateshead Older People's Assembly
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Contribution to Development Manager's salary
    £6,821 03/11/2016
    Contribution to Development Manager's salary
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Gateshead Older People's Assembly
    £6,821 03/11/2016
    12
    towards one years' salary of the Development Manager at a project providing mental health and wellbeing support to older people in Tyne & Wear
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Training sessions in IT use
    £4,986 13/10/2016
    Towards Training sessions in IT use
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Exercise and healthy eating group for elderly residents
    £4,838 27/09/2016
    Towards Exercise and healthy eating group for elderly residents
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Tai Chi Falls Prevention Programme
    £3,965 01/06/2016
    Towards Tai Chi Falls Prevention Programme
    Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Second Helpings Community Cafe and Learning and Social Hub Year 2
    £16,703 01/04/2016
    Towards Second Helpings Community Cafe and Learning and Social Hub Year 2
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (5)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 18/02/2014, number: 1155832
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Event History
    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
    • Investing charity funds 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
    9 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    178 Split Crow Road
    Deckham
    Gateshead
    Tyne and Wear
    NE8 3UB

    Objectives

    TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF OLDER PEOPLE IN GATESHEAD (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THEIR NEEDS.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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