Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 7

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 0

SILVER FRIENDS

Silver Friends was born out of a passion to serve the older community, dedicated to providing support and companionship to lonely and isolated elderly citizens. No one should have to suffer loneliness and isolation, especially in their later years. With our exceptional volunteers we are able to offer face to face visits, outings and events. We provide transport. All services are free to access.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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?		£40	£4	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/18		£27	£31	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	3
31/03/17		£18	£23	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£21	£23	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£15	£15	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£10	£10	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£36	£36	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£38	£34	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£46	£41	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£39	£41	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£39	£41	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£42	£43	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£23	£24	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£27	£25	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£41	£41	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 2 years

www.silverfriends.org.uk

sandra.smook@silverfriends.org.uk

07799126912

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People

Who supports 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
Community Foundation for Surrey - Salary core cost
£5,000	20/12/2022	Funding for staff costs for a new organisation supporting older people in Woking.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

JOANNA SHACKLETON B.COM (Chair) Appointed: 2022

MANDY SMOOK B.A. Appointed: 2022

MARK HUA BE. MBA. Appointed: 2022

SAJJAD HUSSAIN Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/04/2022, number: 1198792

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints policy and procedures
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
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

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR13: 33 days late, AR11: 95 days late, AR10: 24 days late, AR07: 37 days late, AR05: 141 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from MARJORIE RICHARDSON'S on 18/04/2023

Main office

8 Elmtree Close
Byfleet
West Byfleet
8 Elmtree Close
Byfleet

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO ARE LONELY AND ISOLATED THROUGH SOCIAL INTERACTION WITHIN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE AND OR INFIRMITY.

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