Overall GiG Score: -3 ?
Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 10
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

AGE EXCHANGE 

Age Exchange works with older people to improve their quality of life by valuing their reminiscences and giving opportunities for wider appreciation in the form of: - visual and performance arts- health and social care projects- inter-generational programmes - exhibitions - publications- documentary film
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been 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:

  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
  • All of the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 39 years

www.age-exchange.org.uk

hello@age-exchange.org.uk

02083189105

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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£532£619£-87£192£1,172£94918.412137
31/03/22£538£548£-10£79£1,266£1,09023.918137
31/03/21£621£579£42£75£1,275£1,08022.418137
31/03/20£694£719£-25£104£1,214£1,02417.118130
31/03/19£567£665£-98£99£1,251£1,0521916130
31/03/18£596£650£-53£101£1,349£1,11220.6170
31/03/17£733£724£9£97£1,406£1,12318.6160
31/03/16£529£569£-40£112£1,385£1,14124.1100
31/03/15£648£658£-10£91£1,431£1,17621.490
31/03/14£713£594£119£209£1,438£1,13622.990
31/03/13*£609£494£115£63£1,417£1,07626.260
31/03/12£990£470£520£67£1,499£83021.270
31/03/11*£467£382£85£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£361£383£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£344£345£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£285£326£-42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£246£302£-56£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£302£392£-90£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£437£453£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£394£419£-25£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 56.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 31.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 29%
Liabilities/Income: 91%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 81%
Reserves/Spending: 18.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 12 employees
  • 137 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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£313,672
Mercer's Charitable Foundation£51,874
DCMS£51,472
The Rayne Foundation£49,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£35,000
City Bridge Trust£25,870
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 18/02/2022
Age Exchange
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Age Exchange - 03/11/21
£1,500 08/12/2021
Core Funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Mobility movement and music for dementia
£9,000 03/09/2021
The funding will be used to run weekly fun seated music movement classes for people living with dementia and their carers The project aims to improve mood alongside building on people's flexibility ....more
Sport England - COVID19 - Active Together (Crowdfunding)
£0 23/07/2021
Funding under Sport England's Crowdfunder Initiative, 'Active Together'. This was an online crowdfunding campaign which Sport England contributed towards, with a pledge value of £2,500. They ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Age Exchange
£9,940 15/12/2020
0
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Age Exchange
£4,415 24/10/2020
We aim to combat loneliness and isolation of our older people with dementia (and their carers) by supporting our weekly art group.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 09/10/2020
A New Future For Dementia Care
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£30,000 29/09/2020
"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
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Age Exchange
£15,930 19/05/2020
A grant of £15,930 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reminiscence Arts in Dementia Care Project.
£304,672 12/12/2019
47
The funding will be used to run weekly activities for older people with dementia and their carers at Age Exchange's community hub in Lewisham. The project will also expand their support to those with ....more
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Age Exchange
£49,000 02/12/2019
36
Towards adapting its evaluated Reminiscence Arts (RA) intervention for older people with dementia to support the specific needs of people with young onset dementia.
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Age Exchange Theatre Trust
£51,874 26/06/2019
36
Caring Together (CT): using Reminiscence Arts (RA) to combat loneliness in 129 older people with dementia, carers and volunteers targeting high risk areas.
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£21,472 01/04/2019
Expansion project in Blackley, Manchester uses reminiscence, theatre and arts to bring generations together to improve the well-being of older people. Project takes this model to EachStep Blackley a ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Age Exchange
£98,300 06/02/2019
Combat Stress - 100
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£21,472 02/01/2019
Expansion project in Blackley, Manchester uses reminiscence, theatre and arts to bring generations together to improve the well-being of older people. Project takes this model to EachStep Blackley a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Reminiscence Arts Club (Carers and Dementia)
£54,656 26/11/2018
24
Reminiscence Arts Club (Carers and Dementia)
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Age Exchange
£6,995 19/11/2018
We want to run intergenerational reminiscence schools workshop. Money will pay for materials, workshop leaders and volunteer expenses.
National Lottery Community Fund - Picture This - My Story, My Community
£7,560 14/09/2018
12
The project will provide older people with the opportunity to structure and tell a family or community story. The aim is to bring people together to share memories.
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving access and resources
£9,730 22/03/2017
12
The funding will be used by a charity to increase the capacity of its IT infrastructure in order to improve its services that support the needs of older people living with the effects of dementia. ....more
London Catalyst - Age Exchange Theatre Trust Ltd - 1
£4,000 06/09/2016
To set up a new group for Under 65’s living with young–onset dementia and those who provide care. The group is in honour of three cultural icons that lived with young-onset dementia: Rita ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Age Exchange Theatre Trust
£96,700 24/05/2016
24
£96,700 over two years (£47,850, £48,850) for the costs of the ‘Inspired Caring’ project for older carers and the people that they care for who have dementia.
National Lottery Community Fund - Reminiscence Arts in Day Care
£468,052 04/04/2016
42
This project will support people with dementia and enhance their wellbeing and quality of life. The organisation will use ‘creative care’ which involves not only narrative- language ....more
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Age Exchange
£19,550 29/01/2016
Creation of the post of RADIQL Commissioning Lead
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Age Exchange
£83,900 09/12/2015
Meeting in No Man's Land' British & German descendants share heritage from The Great War
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Age Exchange Theatre Trust
£48,000 28/01/2015
£48,000 for the costs of the ‘Inspired Caring’ project for older carers and the people with dementia who they care for.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 41-48
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/09/1985, number: 326899
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/07/1985, number: 01929724
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 1 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR09: 14 days late, AR05: 38 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

COMMUNITY INTEGRATED CARE
2 OLD MARKET COURT
MINERS WAY
WIDNES
WA8 7SP

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: (1) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. (2) ADVANCING EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY; (A) PROVIDING TRAINING IN REMINISCENCE AND THE CREATIVE ARTS. (B) PROVIDING AND FACILITATING CREATIVE EXPRESSION INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DRAMA, MUSIC, FILM AND VISUAL ARTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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