Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 9

AGE CONCERN CHISWICK

To promote the relief of elderly people in Chiswick and Brentford by running a friendship club offering opportunities to socialise over light refreshments and join in a range of activities

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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	£34	£29	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/22	£37	£30	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/21	£26	£13	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/20	£26	£25	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/19	£25	£18	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/18	£24	£17	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£23	£36	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

ageconcernchiswick@outlook.com

02087427007

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Practical support, advice & companionship

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Hounslow,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Age Concern Chiswick
£1,631	21/10/2023	We aim to run special dining events for our members. These will comprise lunches for Christmas, spring, summer and autumn, and at least one special tea. Around 40–50 members will attend each event.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Age Concern Chiswick
£2,471	22/10/2022	We aim to be able to fund a chef twice a week to add hot food to our menu at the Friendship Club. As we are entirely volunteer-led we can only provide hot drinks and sandwiches at the moment.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Age Concern Chiswick
£1,500	21/03/2022	To improve our garden and install a bike rack.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Age Concern Chiswick
£2,617	23/10/2021	We'd like to run a free programme of health and wellbeing events to improve the lives of our members.
London Borough of Hounslow - Grant to Age Concern Chiswick
£500	19/11/2018	To offer a series of 1 hour taster sessions of new activities to members and non-members (all older people) over a 6 month period. Successful activities will form part of the ongoing offer at the ....more To offer a series of 1 hour taster sessions of new activities to members and non-members (all older people) over a 6 month period. Successful activities will form part of the ongoing offer at the centre.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANNE CROWCROFT Appointed: 2015

BARBARA ENNIS Appointed: 2015

DAVID LOVEGROVE (Chair) Appointed: 2019

EMMA MEDD Appointed: 2019

GAYLA SYMON Appointed: 2021

PANKAJ PATEL Appointed: 2022

PATRICIA MARGUERITE STERNE Appointed: 2015

SIMRAN SABLOK Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/11/2015, number: 1164423

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

16/08/2016 - Asset transfer in from TRUST PROPERTY IN CONNECTION WITH AGE CONCERN CHISWICK
16/08/2016 - Asset transfer in from AGE CONCERN CHISWICK

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

The Friendship Club
Oxford Road North
London
W4 4DN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS,OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE. WITHIN THE CHISWICK AND BRENTFORD AREA (HERE IN AFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT).

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