Finance Score: -7

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

Accounts overdue -5
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 0

ENGAGE WITH AGE

The purposes of Engage With Age are to work in partnership with organisations which promote health, wellbeing, interests and alleviate loneliness, isolation and exclusion of the aged living within Greater Belfast ( the area of benefit) without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, caring responsibilities, race, or political religious or other opinions by associating together the said inhabitants, local authorities, public agencies, and voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to relieve poverty, preserve and protect health, advance education with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said beneficiaries.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Financial issues to consider:

Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 9 years

www.engagewithage.org.uk

info@engagewithage.org.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Year end	31/03/18	31/03/19	31/03/20	31/03/21	31/03/22	31/03/23
Income	£204,510	£236,271	£217,373	£289,858	£244,115	£226,137
Spending	£219,088	£217,099	£230,718	£265,922	£244,337	£256,339
Surplus/deficit	-£14,578	£19,172	-£13,345	£23,936	-£222	-£30,202

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Listed activities

The advancement of health or the saving of lives, The advancement of citizenship or community development, The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

How it operates

Advice/advocacy/information, Community development, Medical/health/sickness, Welfare/benevolent

Where it operates

Northern Ireland

This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Who it helps

Older people

Who works here?

5 employees
10 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

Comic Relief	£39,813
DCMS	£32,598
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Core Costs Rent and Services
£5,000	22/09/2021	Towards Rent and Services to support disadvantaged older people within the Belfast area.
Comic Relief - Engage with Age Recovery Funding
£39,813	23/06/2020 6	COVID19 Recovery funding
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Online Programmes & Activities for Older People
£5,000	12/06/2020	Online Programmes & Activities for Older People *COVID
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£32,598	20/05/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Running Costs April 2019 to March 2020
£5,000	12/03/2019	Running Costs April 2019 to March 2020
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£15,000	18/10/2018	People Adressing Loneliness PAL
Comic Relief - The PAL Project (People Addressing Loneliness)
£79,406	24/01/2018 24	The PAL Project was born from a consultation with older people and learning from previously funded work which empowers older people in pockets of the community prone to loneliness, to drive a ....more The PAL Project was born from a consultation with older people and learning from previously funded work which empowers older people in pockets of the community prone to loneliness, to drive a healthier and slightly more active lifestyle while supporting social connections. The programme is aimed at strengthening and connecting neighbourhoods in deprived areas of Belfast.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£5,000	03/05/2017	Running Costs April 2017-March 2018
National Lottery Community Fund - Hubs for Older People's Engagement - HOPE
£523,698	21/09/2011 60	The grant will be used to set up six older people's support hubs across different areas of Belfast where they'll run activities aimed at reducing isolation, improving health & confidence & ....more The grant will be used to set up six older people's support hubs across different areas of Belfast where they'll run activities aimed at reducing isolation, improving health & confidence & increasing community involvement of older people. They'll work in partnership with Senior Citizens Forums in each of the areas to set up the hubs which will be run in local Housing Association sheltered housing accommodation. Activities run in the hubs could include indoor curling, boccia, dancing/walking, social outings.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Further information may be available on the charity's page on the Commission website here

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Northern Ireland on 16/01/2015, number: NIC100718
Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: 0NI39665

Main office

East Belfast Network Centre, 55 Templemore Avenue, Belfast, BT5 4FP

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