Overall GiG Score: 10 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 11
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Static board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

AGE CONCERN, LUTON 

Age Concern Luton provides a wide range of services to meet the different needs of older people and their carers in Luton. This includes home support, gardening service, a visiting scheme, telephone club, home repair scheme, lunch and social clubs, advice and information, enhancing lives scheme, hospital discharge service, advocacy, mental health and dementia drop in sessions.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
Established: 63 years

www.ageconcernluton.org.uk

admin@ageconcernluton.org.uk

01582456812

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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£1,030£937£93£123£1,924£1,70521.851300
31/03/22£986£787£199£92£1,845£1,56823.956347
31/03/21£875£881£-6£86£1,646£1,38918.960609
31/03/20£1,189£910£279£135£1,652£1,2871762268
31/03/19£943£915£28£138£1,374£1,12614.867350
31/03/18£976£913£64£131£1,345£1,00413.2770
31/03/17£959£916£43£121£1,282£98612.9680
31/03/16£809£821£-12£115£1,239£1,00714.7620
31/03/15£786£772£14£76£1,266£1,05516.4330
31/03/14£711£698£14£60£1,252£1,05518.1300
31/03/13£707£637£70£59£1,239£1,06120300
31/03/12£735£639£96£58£1,169£99318.6300
31/03/11£752£598£154£57£1,073£90118.1290
31/03/10£554£521£33£57£918£74717.2270
31/03/09£515£449£66£56£885£71319.1240
31/03/08£443£437£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£415£411£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£702£405£296£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£426£391£35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£436£411£25£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 14%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 13.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 89%
Reserves/Spending: 21.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 15 months
Quick Ratio: 9.4
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 51 employees
  • 300 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Luton,

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
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation£426,902
DCMS£20,067
Lloyds Bank Foundation£14,470
National Lottery Community Fund£9,708
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Core Funding age concern
£143,000 05/01/2023
Age Concern Luton
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Able to continue to Support Stronger Communities and Community Development
£136,184 22/12/2020
Grant to Age Concern Luton
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£20,067 15/09/2020
"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
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Age Concern Luton
£14,470 23/07/2020
Grant to Age Concern Luton meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Stream 1 - Delivery or Support Costs
£6,900 23/04/2020
2
Grant to Age Concern Luton
National Lottery Community Fund - Senior Supper Club - Pilot
£9,708 04/02/2020
11
The project will use funding to run a supper club and meal share programme for older people in the community. The project aims to bring isolated people together to build social relationships and ....more
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Grant to Age Concern Luton
£140,818 30/01/2020
11
Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Getting on ? Luton
£271,373 22/11/2018
36
The organisation helps older people improve their overall quality of life, receive timely practical help, get out and about and retain dignity in later life. The organisation will use funding to ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Age Concern Luton
£72,072 22/03/2018
36
The grant will support the salary of the Specialist Housing Advice and Support Worker to help older people with their accommodation issues in the Luton area.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Age Concern Luton
£75,700 07/12/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of a project in Bedfordshire providing services to older people to relieve loneliness, and to improve health and wellbeing
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Age Concern Luton
£32,000 27/09/2013
The charity provides a range of support for older people. A dedicated project for older carers and carers of older people will enable them to access entitlements and make informed choices to improve ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/09/1961, number: 200463
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR05: 29 days late,
Main office

AGE CONCERN
39 KING STREET
LUTON
LU1 2DW

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF LUTON

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF LUTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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