WALWORTH GOLDEN OLDIES COMMUNITY CARE PROJECT

Registered charity 1105403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GOLDEN OLDIES

GOCCP IS A WELL ESTABLISHED CHARITY BASED IN THE HEART OF CAMBERWELL THAT HAS BEEN MAKING A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OLDER PEOPLE FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS BY PROMOTING GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBEING. THE AIM OF THE PROJECT IS TO ASSIST OLDER PEOPLE TO MAINTAIN HEALTHY AND PRODUCTIVE LIFESTYLES WHILST ENSURING THEY HAVE ACCESS TO A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES ENABLING CHOICE AND DIGNITY IN OLD AGE.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE IN AND AROUND THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT").

Area of benefit: IN AND AROUND THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£108k
Latest spending
£105k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £170 for the year, with total unrestricted funds of £28,017. The trustees note that the charity is dependent on securing future funding to maintain services, but confirm that current reserves are sufficient to continue activities in the event of a significant drop in funding.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3 months of expenditure (target £13,000) (held: £28k)
“The Management Committee is seeking to establish a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed and held by the charity should be 3 months of the expenditure. Budgeted expenditure for 2025 is £ 50,000 and therefore the target is to retain at least £13,000 in general funds.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Walworth Golden Oldies Community Care Project (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£108k£105k
31/03/2024£91k£82k
31/03/2023£90k£74k
31/03/2022£100k£55k
31/03/2021£67k£66k

Common questions

Is WALWORTH GOLDEN OLDIES COMMUNITY CARE PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £170 for the year, with total unrestricted funds of £28,017. The trustees note that the charity is dependent on securing future funding to maintain services, but confirm that current reserves are sufficient to continue activities in the event of a significant drop in funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2025£15kWalworth Golden Oldies Community Care Project
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£5kGrant to Golden Oldies Community Care Project
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£11kGrant to Walworth Golden Oldies
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2024£2kGrant to Walworth Golden Oldies
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2023£10kGet Involved Stay Healthy
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2023£10kGrant to Walworth Golden Oldies
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2023£3kGrant to Walworth Golden Oldies
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2022£2kGrant to Walworth Golden Oldies
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2022£10kGrant to Walworth Golden Oldies
London Borough of Southwark31/03/2022£18kGrant to Walworth Golden Oldies
The Mercers' Company24/09/2021£23kGrant to Walworth Golden Oldies
The National Lottery Community Fund29/07/2021£10kBME Elders Re-engage and Recover Service
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2020£5kGrant to Walworth Golden Oldies
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2020£1kGrant to Walworth Golden Oldies
The National Lottery Community Fund05/04/2019£10kEngAGE: Telephone Befriending Service
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2019£1kGrant to Walworth Golden Oldies
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2018£4kGrant to Golden Oldies
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2017£5kGrant to Golden Oldies
Greater London Authority24/03/2017£7kGrant to Walworth Golden Oldies Community Care Project
The National Lottery Community Fund06/07/2016£9kDigital Postcard Memories
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2016£4kGrant to Walworth Golden Oldies Community Care project
Greater London Authority05/03/2015£1kGrant to Walworth Golden Oldies Community Care Project

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WALWORTH GOLDEN OLDIES COMMUNITY CARE PROJECT£108k—0above—no doubt
W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2026£154k—0unclear—no doubt
HEALTHY LIVING PROJECTS LIMITED FY2025£549k—0above—no doubt
AGE CONCERN CARLTON AND DISTRICT FY2025£244k—0below—no doubt
AGE CONCERN VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE ELDERLY MERSTHAM, REDHILL AND REIGATE FY2025£183k—0above—no doubt
GUILD CARE FY2025£27.5m£137,691—above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.