Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 11
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Grant maker support: +11

GOLDEN-OLDIES 

The Golden-Oldies Charity (Goldies) gives older isolated and vulnerable disabled people monthly social musical Sing&Smile daytime sessions, events and intergenerational activities to attend. Connecting communities and combating loneliness. Everyone is welcome, Goldies now take place across Wales-Goldies Cymru, S/W England, Yorkshire, Essex and the Midlands. Patron is Sir Cliff Richard.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 16 years

www.golden-oldies.org.uk

glj@golden-oldies.org.uk

01761470006

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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
30/09/22£285£271£14n/an/an/an/an/a25
30/09/21£244£281£-37n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/20£350£332£18n/an/an/an/an/a80
30/09/19£412£360£52n/an/an/an/an/a100
30/09/18*£301£293£8£0£0£0n/a0105
30/09/17£295£296£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£327£315£12£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£316£315£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£287£244£43£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13£189£202£-13£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£266£269£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£191£187£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10£156£151£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£148£139£9£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£128£121£7£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 25 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides services
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£75,270
National Lottery Heritage Fund£31,700
Wolfson Foundation£20,440
Masonic Trust£15,000
DCMS£10,000
Co-Operative Group£7,335
Charles Hayward Foundation£7,000
Essex Community Foundation£7,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Golden-Oldies Charity
£1,039 21/10/2023
We would like to cover the cost of hiring our session leader and venue, as well as advertise the group and provide a fun, festive special event.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 26/05/2023
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Golden-Oldies
£31,700 02/05/2023
Gwrando a Dysgu Gyda’n Gilydd – prosiect Ysgol Gynradd
Somerset Community Foundation - Singing and socialisation sessions for older people across Mendip and South Somerset
£3,000 28/02/2023
Grant to Golden Oldies
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to The Golden-Oldies Charity
£6,200 04/11/2022
£6,200 single grant towards the running costs of eight new community sessions in Bristol, Bath and South Somerset.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Golden-Oldies
£4,000 30/09/2022
Sing & Smile sessions for older people
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Golden-Oldies
£2,000 23/09/2022
to restart and support social singing groups for older people in Braintree
National Lottery Community Fund - Songs & Smiles return to Communities
£10,000 24/06/2022
The organisation will use the funding to re-launch and develop their singing sessions for older people carers and people with dementia to address issues linked to social isolation and low mental ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Goldies Sing and Smile - ONLINE - 14/02/22
£2,000 22/02/2022
Core Funding
Quartet Community Foundation - Goldies Sing&Smile in B&NES
£1,824 22/12/2021
As directed by the donor towards the Goldies Sing & Smile sessions in B&NES and shown in message attached from Chairman Cllr Lisa O'Brien
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Golden Oldies
£20,440 09/12/2021
Digital projection equipment to support social activities. Grant awarded through 'rapid route' in response to Covid-19 pandemic.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Goldies UK
£1,001 23/10/2021
We will provide online Sing and Smile sessions, bringing fun and laughter to older isolated people in their own homes and supporting that all-important connection to our Goldies Community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Continuing Goldieslive.com for people at home adding gentle exercise
£26,000 19/03/2021
12
Golden-Oldies will use £26000 to continue their choir sessions online. Using different platforms they will provide weekly shows that will offer people the chance to join in with songs provide ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - GoldiesLive- In tune with isolation
£29,500 03/03/2021
11
The funding will be used by the group to help deliver online sessions over 12 months. It is looking to continue and develop their twice weekly online Fun Sing & Smile sessions across England for ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 14/08/2020
"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
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Golden-Oldies
£3,000 23/06/2020
Online singing sessions for older peole
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Walworth Golden Oldies
£4,935 01/04/2020
Neighbourhoods Fund - West Central grant from the Environment & Leisure department for Golden Thursdays
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Golden-Oldies Charity
£5,295 15/11/2019
We want to provide fun, daytime Sing&Smile sessions for isolated older people, and host inter-generational community concerts and events.
Essex Community Foundation - Golden-Oldies Songs and Smiles across Essex
£5,000 23/05/2019
11
To help introduce additional singalong sessions for elderly people in Essex, start a new Memory Café and continue intergenerational work to alleviate social isolation and benefit overall health and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Goldies Cymru goes Bollywood
£9,770 03/05/2019
12
Project Summary :_x000D_ Golden-Oldies will introduce regular Bollywood dance sessions to their 'Sing and Smile' groups for isolated older people across South Wales._x000D_ What Money is for ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Golden-Oldies Training Day
£9,400 27/03/2019
12
The funding will be used to host a training day for session leaders, who deliver social activities for older people. The project aims to bring people together to share learning and experiences.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Golden-Oldies
£38,000 15/03/2019
Our Heritage and Traditions, Our Memories, Our School Days, Classroom and Playground, Present and Past
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£3,500 22/10/2018
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Golden-Oldies
£9,000 19/07/2018
purchase of audio visual equipment for a charity which works with older people in England and Wales
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Golden Oldies
£4,400 01/04/2018
Neighbourhoods Fund: Camberwell grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
National Lottery Community Fund - All Together - A Goldies Cymru Celebration
£9,700 06/03/2018
12
All Together - A Goldies Cymru Celebration
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 26/09/2017
Brightening Vulnerable Lives with 'Songs and Smiles'
Essex Community Foundation - Reaching older and isolated people across Essex through singing and activity sessions and other special community events
£5,000 04/08/2017
11
Towards the running and development of singalong sessions for elderly people in Essex to alleviate social isolation and benefit their overall health and well-being
National Lottery Community Fund - Goldies in Yorkshire
£9,100 17/05/2017
12
The group will provide singing and activity sessions for older people who are experiencing the effects of social isolation. This will reduce social isolation and improve health and well being.
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Golden Oldies
£5,000 01/04/2017
Neighbourhoods Fund: Camberwell grant from the Housing & Modernisation department
National Lottery Community Fund - Goldies Cymru in West & Mid Wales
£249,458 25/01/2017
36
Goldies Cymru in West & Mid Wales
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Golden-Oldies
£10,000 28/04/2016
World War One - Our Heritage in Songs and Memories
London Borough of Southwark - Grant to Walworth Golden Oldies Community Care project
£3,500 01/04/2016
Neighbourhoods Fund: Camberwell grant from the Housing & modernisation department
Tudor Trust - Grant to Golden-Oldies
£20,000 09/02/2016
12
over one year as continuation funding towards the core costs of an organisation which uses regular singing sessions to help reduce isolation amongst older people, across a number of areas in the UK
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Golden-Oldies UK
£50,000 12/06/2014
24
towards two years' running costs of a project providing singing and activity sessions for older and socially isolated BAME people in south-west England and South Wales
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Golden-Oldies
£25,000 12/03/2014
World War One - Our Heritage in Songs and Memories
National Lottery Community Fund - Goldies Cymru
£149,000 29/11/2013
36
The Goldies singing sessions project aims to address isolation and loneliness across South Wales. It will also deliver its ‘Time after Time’ (Tro ar ôl Tro) intergenerational project in ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Golden-Oldies
£50,000 13/11/2013
24
over two years as continuation funding towards the core costs of an organisation which uses regular singing sessions to help reduce isolation amongst older people, across a number of areas in the UK
National Lottery Community Fund - Jubilee Time after Time
£60,000 29/06/2011
24
This inter-generational project will address the growing divide between young and older people in the community and bring them together through a range of activities. Projects will range from school ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Time after Time
£10,000 05/02/2010
12
A project by this Bath and North East Somerset charity to bring together young and old people through inter-generational activities, covering topics such as school meals, fashion and transport. The ....more
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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 51-82
  • HELEN WANN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Executive Assistant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/11/2007, number: 1121600
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/09/2007, number: 06369123
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR18: 13 days late,
Main office

UNIT 7, FOURTH AVENUE
WESTFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
MIDSOMER NORTON
RADSTOCK
BA3 4XE

Objectives

To promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public, in particular but not limited to persons over the age of 55 years, in the culture and heritage of Bath and North East Somerset and in other regions of the United Kingdom and the encouragement of the arts, in particular, but not exclusively by organising community singing sessions, exhibitions, musical events, television and radio broadcasts and presenting and promoting concerts.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET AUTHORITY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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