GENERATION EXCHANGE

Registered charity 1169765 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objectives are to advance the education of children for the public benefit by utilising the commitment and life experience of older people as volunteer members of the community.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY UTILISING THE COMMITMENT AND LIFE EXPERIENCE OF OLDER PEOPLE AS VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY;TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF OLDER PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY UTILISING THE COMMITMENT AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITAL SKILLS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Haringey, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£78k
Latest spending
£54k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £24,135 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £37,506. The trustees confirmed the charity remains a going concern, supported by cashflow forecasts covering more than one year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £16,009, while the charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: running costs in the event of closing down (reserves figure: £16k)
“Reserves Policy running costs in the event of closing down.”
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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

  • Volunteers: 85

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

  • Volunteers: 85

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 85

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet · Camden · Enfield · Hackney · Haringey · Islington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£78k£54k
31/03/2024£43k£41k
31/03/2023£28k£33k
31/03/2022£4k£31k
31/03/2021£57k£39k

Common questions

Is GENERATION EXCHANGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £24,135 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £37,506. The trustees confirmed the charity remains a going concern, supported by cashflow forecasts covering more than one year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £16,009, while the charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GENERATION EXCHANGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GENERATION EXCHANGE as a grant recipient include THE BRIDGE RENEWAL TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BRIDGE RENEWAL TRUSTFY2023£4kGeneration Meet, Share, Exchange

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery30/06/2025£20kUnrestricted Funding
City Bridge Foundation04/11/2024£20kGrant to Generation Exchange
The National Lottery Community Fund09/05/2024£20kGeneration Meet Share Exchange
City Bridge Foundation10/10/2022£39kGrant to Generation Exchange
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2021£4kIT Exchange - The Virtual Edition
The Mercers' Company26/02/2021£5kCovid-19 Rapid Response Fund Grant
The Mercers' Company13/08/2020£9kCovid-19 London Community Response Grant - Wave 3
The National Lottery Community Fund11/07/2019£5kIT Exchange

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GENERATION EXCHANGE£78k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION FY2025£138k—0unclear—no doubt
GLOBAL GENERATION FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
HEALTH EXCHANGE FY2025£8.1m£70,001 - £80,0002above—no doubt
FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE FY2025£1.5m—0unclear1.0%no doubt
THE GENERATION TRUST FY2025£226k—0unclear—no doubt

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