Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

AGE SCOTLAND 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Established: 30 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/21 31/03/22 31/03/23
Charitable activities £830,336 £819,988 £1,002,200 £2,650,917 £2,100,203
Donations & Legacies £2,314,394 £2,149,786 £1,314,846 £2,856,716 £2,913,899
Other Income
Investment Income £2,010 £18,382 £19,191 £9,501 £52,985
Total income £4,392,618 £4,058,940 £2,921,750 £5,999,970 £6,710,945 £5,714,903
Charitable activities spending £1,885,543 £2,378,521 £2,342,639 £3,238,685 £4,454,821
Fundraising costs 25% 21% 20% 12% 16% 18%
Other spending
Total spending £2,994,893 £3,242,312 £2,931,207 £3,973,499 £4,658,376 £5,459,752
Surplus/deficit £1,397,725 £816,628 -£9,457 £2,026,471 £2,052,569 £255,151
Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • Operations cover all or most of Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • Older 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Ministry of Defence£96,032
National Lottery Community Fund£44,989
Garfield Weston Foundation£30,000
Dulverton Trust£30,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Age Scotland
£279 08/11/2023
Donation from Glebefoot Fund
National Lottery Community Fund - Benefits and Income Maximisation Advisor -UKPCOL
£44,989 17/01/2023
This group will use funding to expand its core service with a dedicated Benefits and Income Maximisation Advisor to ensure older people who are affected by the cost-of-living crisis will have access ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Age Scotland
£241 23/11/2022
Donation from Glebefoot Fund
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Age Scotland
£100 01/02/2022
General charitable donation from W Scott
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Age Scotland
£306 04/11/2021
Annual donation from the Glebefoot Charitable Trust
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Age Scotland
£822 04/11/2021
Annual donation from the Forbes Fund
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Age Scotland
£200 26/10/2021
Anonymous donation
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 03/09/2021
Age Scotland Helpline
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Age Scotland
£5,000 24/03/2021
to support the marketing of the Community Development project which delivers help to older people across the whole of Scotland including the islands and highlands.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£35,000 12/02/2021
Address social isolation by targeting specific groups within the Armed Forces community who are traditionally harder to reach.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Age Scotland
£100 04/02/2021
General charitable donation from W Scott
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Age Scotland
£294 12/11/2020
Annual donation from the Glebefoot Charitable Trust
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Age Scotland
£1,473 12/11/2020
Annual donation from the Forbes Fund.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Age Scotland
£100 21/06/2020
Donation for 'Urgent Coronavirus Appeal' - Irene Schofield
Dulverton Trust - Age Scotland's Helpline
£30,000 10/06/2020
Age Scotland's Helpline
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£15,258 15/05/2020
to provide immediate support for vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£15,258 15/05/2020
to provide immediate support for vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£15,258 15/05/2020
to provide immediate support for vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£15,258 15/05/2020
to provide immediate support for vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Age Scotland
£100 03/02/2020
General charitable donation from W Scott
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Age Scotland
£54,700 31/07/2017
Speaking Up for Our Age: Celebrating 75 years of older people's groups in Scotland, 1943-2018
Robertson Trust - The costs of the 'Let's Get Moving' Project
£35,000 23/05/2017
The costs of the 'Let's Get Moving' Project
Robertson Trust - the Men Sheds Project
£83,000 28/02/2015
the Men Sheds Project
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (9)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Directors: 49-67
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 30/09/1994, number: SC010100
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/09/1994, number: SC153343
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Causewayside House, 160 Causewayside, Edinburgh, EH9 1PR

Objectives

The Objects of the Company are to promote, so far as each is a charitable purpose, the well being of older people by: 3.1.1 working to prevent or relieve poverty among older people. 3.1.2 advancing education. 3.1.3 working to prevent or relieve 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. 3.1.6 assisting older people in need by reason of ill-health, disability, financial hardship, or other disadvantage. 3.1.7 pursuing such other charitable purposes for the benefit of older people as the Trustees may from time to time decide and for the purposes of this clause: (1) the expression 'older people' shall be interpreted by the Trustees so as to ensure that the assets of the Company are applied for charitable purposes only and in accordance with any guidance issued by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator from time to time. and (2) 'charitable purpose' shall mean a charitable purpose under Section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 which is also regarded as a charitable purpose in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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