SENIOR CITIZENS SUPPORT GROUP

Registered charity 1160774 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCSG

The charity provides events and activities for people aged 60. The aim of such events is to provide the motivation for this group of people to connect with or reconnect with the wider community. By doing so it is anticipated that this will help to alleviate loneliness in this particular group of people.Our website www.scsg.co.uk provides in depth details of all activities and events.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 60, WHO HAVE A CHARITABLE NEED ARISING FROM THEIR AGE, LIVING WITHIN WAKEFIELD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

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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Registered contact address: Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves at year-end were £54,215, which is above the stated minimum policy target of £5,000. The charity reported net receipts of £3,843 for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £54,215 and restricted funds to £3,644.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

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

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN HUDDERS · trustee of 1 other charity
• DARREN BYFORD · trustee of 1 other charity
• DEBORAH NICHOLLS
• Jackie gillen
• Karen Bilton
• Pamela Herrington
• Susan Margaret Hudders
• Susan Wigglesworth

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

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• DARREN BYFORD — trustee here and at COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WAKEFIELD

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEYLAND SENIOR CITIZENS SOCIAL AND WELFARE CLUB.

• LEYLAND SENIOR CITIZENS SOCIAL AND WELFARE CLUB income £38k
• AGE CONCERN ISLINGTON income £2.2m
• SOUTHEND CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £543k
• THE CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT FELLOWSHIP income £367k
• AGE CONCERN CHISWICK income £62k
• CITIZENS ADVICE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £964k

Side by side with its peers

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