Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +7
    Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

    AGE CONCERN IN CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY 

    Our mission is to enhance the quality of life of older people in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We aim to provide assistance and support on any issues of concern to older people. We strive to ensure the voices of older people is heard on matters of importance to them and we work with stakeholders and partners to achieve better services and standards.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition
    Established: 34 years

    www.ageukcornwall.org.uk

    mail@ageukcornwall.org.uk

    01872266383

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
    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£3,785£3,696£89£0£3,115£2,5668.3119229
    31/03/22£3,404£2,753£651£0£3,031£2,45910.754363
    31/03/21£2,428£2,451£-23£0£2,386£1,7828.747323
    31/03/20£2,886£2,646£240£0£2,411£1,8088.295364
    31/03/19£2,358£2,470£-112£0£2,170£1,5667.647396
    31/03/18£2,658£2,837£-179£0£2,283£1,6467560
    31/03/17£3,181£3,549£-368£0£2,464£1,8196.2710
    31/03/16£3,545£3,427£118£14£2,829£1,7366.1820
    31/03/15£3,402£2,999£403£55£2,713£1,7216.9720
    31/03/14£3,483£2,861£622£59£2,303£1,5586.5700
    31/03/13£2,714£2,711£3£63£1,685£1,5256.8650
    31/03/12£2,740£2,784£-44£58£1,680£1,5756.8660
    31/03/11£2,945£2,872£74£59£1,720£1,5566.5640
    31/03/10£3,311£2,705£606£87£1,647£1,4756.5620
    31/03/09£3,113£2,712£401£92£1,041£9464.2650
    31/03/08£2,668£2,712£-44£78£639£5422.4640
    31/03/07£1,392£1,172£219£80£683£5625.8650
    31/03/06*£1,156£1,074£81£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£1,034£1,049£-15£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£1,100£1,122£-22£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
    Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 39%
    Liabilities/Income: 52%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 82%
    Reserves/Spending: 8.3 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
    Quick Ratio: 2.2
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    How it operates
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Cornwall, Isles Of Scilly,
    Who it helps
    • Elderly/Old People
    Who works here?
    • 119 employees
    • 229 volunteers

    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
    DCMS£95,000
    Ministry of Defence£52,468
    National Lottery Heritage Fund£10,000
    The Clothworkers Foundation£5,500
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Falmouth Age UK Day Centre
    £2,271 22/10/2022
    We aim to enable trips for older people with disabilities or barriers to going out on an adapted mini-bus. We will go to local places to socialise, eat out and rejoin the community after Covid.
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to AGE CONCERN IN CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY
    £10,000 12/05/2022
    Age UK Cornwall's Golden Jubilee Commemorations and Celebrations
    Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
    £13,711 12/11/2021
    For existing charitable projects to help charities to sustain activities and services that people from Armed Forces communities use and value.
    Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
    £19,357 12/02/2021
    For community projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £95,000 25/06/2020
    "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
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Age Concern in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
    £5,500 04/06/2020
    purchase vehicle charging station for a charity that supports older people in Cornwall
    Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
    £19,400 15/05/2020
    to provide immediate support for vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact
    National Lottery Community Fund - Community outreach and re enable project
    £10,000 11/04/2019
    12
    The funding will be used to recruit a community outreach worker to work with people to develop their own care plan and setting personal goals. The project aims to improve wellbeing and independence ....more
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Age Concern Cornwall T/A Age UK Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
    £2,665 19/11/2018
    We want to create a group providing cooking classes that will offer practical and peer-support for older people following a bereavement.
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Age Concern in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
    £188,300 07/12/2012
    Project is about expanding and developing opportunities for people with dementia: the charity is the largest voluntary provider of older people's support services across Cornwall. The support will ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Transform a section of car park into a secure therapeutic sensory garden
    £10,000 23/08/2012
    12
    This is a project by a charity in Falmouth, Cornwall. The group will use the funding to create a therapeutic sensory garden accessible for people living with disabilities. This will provide a safe, ....more
    Sport England - Sports Coaching for over 50s
    £4,700 16/06/2011
    Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Sports Coaching for over 50s'. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 57-82
    • KIM CAREY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/07/1990, number: 900542
    • Registered at Companies House on 13/12/1989, number: 02452302
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    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
    • 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
    20 returns made; AR06: 1 days late,
    Main office

    BOSCAWEN HOUSE
    CHAPEL HILL
    TRURO
    CORNWALL
    TR1 3BN

    Objectives

    THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND/OR OLDER PEOPLE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT:3.1.1 PREVENTING OR RELIEVING THE POVERTY OF OLDER PEOPLE;3.1.2 ADVANCING EDUCATION;3.1.3 PREVENTING OR RELIEVING SICKNESS, DISEASE OR SUFFERING IN OLDER PEOPLE (WHETHER EMOTIONAL, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL);3.1.4 PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;3.1.5 PROMOTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF OLDER PEOPLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS;3.1.6 ASSISTING OLDER PEOPLE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, SOCIAL EXCLUSION OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; AND3.1.7 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OLDER PEOPLE AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE;THE OUTCOME OF THIS BEING THE PROMOTION OF THE WELL-BEING OF OLDER PEOPLE.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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