OMEGA – ENDING ISOLATION, ENDING LONELINESS LTD

Registered charity 1120322 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OMEGA, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR END OF LIFE CARE, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR END OF LIFE CARE

Omega is based in the West Midlands. Its objects are to provide personalised befriending and support services by telephone, mail and social media, to establish and support groups to meet physically or by other means to address issues associated with isolation and loneliness, and to collaborate with other agencies working to similar ends to enhance provision and effectiveness.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“THE OBJECTS”) ARE TO WORK TOWARDS ENDING SOCIAL ISOLATION AND THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF LONELINESS AMONGST ADULTS. ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE THESE WILL INCLUDE:A. WORKING WITH A WIDE RANGE OF SELECTED REFERRERS TO IDENTIFY ADULTS SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OF LONELINESS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION;B. PROVIDING PERSONALISED BEFRIENDING AND SUPPORT SERVICES BY TELEPHONE, MAIL AND SOCIAL MEDIA;C. ESTABLISHING AND SUPPORTING GROUPS TO MEET PHYSICALLY OR BY OTHER MEANS TO ADDRESS ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH ISOLATION AND LONELINESS;D. COLLABORATING WITH OTHER AGENCIES WORKING TO SIMILAR ENDS TO ENHANCE PROVISION AND EFFECTIVENESS.E. PROVIDE AID TO ELDERLY AND TERMINALLY ILL CLIENTS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Shropshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£245k
Latest spending
£232k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £171,403, which represents approximately six months' budgeted running costs, exceeding the trustees' four-month target. The charity reported a small deficit of £998 for the year, with total income decreasing to £245,239 from £321,884 in the prior year.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months running costs (held: £171k)
“Trustees maintain the aim of securing sufficient contingency funds to cover approximately four months running costs.”
Per its FY2026 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 527
  • Government income: £7,644 — grants £7,644 (5); 3% of the £245,239 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 467
  • Government income: £12,975 — grants £12,975 (4); 4% of the £321,884 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 485
  • Government income: £10,604 — grants £10,604 (2); 4% of the £283,941 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Omega - Ending Isolation, Ending Loneliness (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£245k£232k
31/03/2025£322k£230k
31/03/2024£284k£225k
31/03/2023£257k£282k
31/03/2022£310k£293k

Common questions

Is OMEGA – ENDING ISOLATION, ENDING LONELINESS LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £171,403, which represents approximately six months' budgeted running costs, exceeding the trustees' four-month target. The charity reported a small deficit of £998 for the year, with total income decreasing to £245,239 from £321,884 in the prior year. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OMEGA – ENDING ISOLATION, ENDING LONELINESS LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OMEGA – ENDING ISOLATION, ENDING LONELINESS LTD as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST, THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£100k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2025£25kGrant
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20kGrant
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUSTFY2025£5kSecondary
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2023£3kCharitable activities
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE RAINFORD TRUSTFY2024£1kWelfare
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kGeneral Charitable Purposes
King Charles III Charitable FundFY2024amount not statedHealth and Wellbeing

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/12/2025£20kChatterbox telephone befriending - tackling loneliness across England
The National Lottery Community Fund27/06/2024£20kTackling Loneliness in the West Midlands
The National Lottery Community Fund20/12/2021£127kCore Costs
UK government08/07/2020£32kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund14/09/2016£9kWorld of Work
The National Lottery Community Fund21/06/2012£8kOmega MND Family Support Project

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OMEGA – ENDING ISOLATION, ENDING LONELINESS LTD£245k—0above—no doubt
THE OMEGA COURSE FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt
OMEGA COMMUNITY LIVING LIMITED FY2025£856k—0unclear—no doubt
ALPHA & OMEGA MINISTRIES FY2025£48k—0unclear—no doubt
ALPHA AND OMEGA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP OUTREACH MINISTRIES FY2024£71k—0unclear—no doubt
OMEGA RESEARCH FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£655k—0below—no doubt

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