DEPTFORD ACTION GROUP FOR THE ELDERLY

Registered charity 269672 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DAGE

The purpose of DAGE is to combat social isolation for pensioners of Lewisham and Greenwich by the provision of a pop-in facility for social contact, an advice and information service providing help with forms and referrals to specialist agencies, and the provision of advice from fire safety to crime prevention. The DAGE charity shop will make affordable items available to pensioners.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE ELDERLY IN ANY MANNER WHICH IS NOW OR IS HEREAFTER DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH, BUT PARTICULARLY THOSE PARTS KNOWN AS DEPTFORD.

Area of benefit: BOROUGHS OF LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH ESPECIALLY DEPTFORD 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: Lewisham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£8k
Latest spending
£7k
Registered
1975

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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 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 40

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

  • Volunteers: 40
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022

  • Volunteers: 40

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 15/03/2024, 44 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lewisham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£8k£7k
31/03/2024£13k£9k
31/03/2023£24k£36k
31/03/2022£46k£80k
31/03/2021£93k£77k

Common questions

Who funds DEPTFORD ACTION GROUP FOR THE ELDERLY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DEPTFORD ACTION GROUP FOR THE ELDERLY as a grant recipient include THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST, G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE THREE OAKS TRUST, THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST, The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable Trust.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2022£6k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2023£6k
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2024£6k
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£4k
THE THREE OAKS TRUSTFY2022£3kPop-in Facility. Contribution to core costs
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable TrustFY2025£2k
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable TrustFY2024£2k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2022£2kUses older volunteers within a furniture recycling scheme for the local community.
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2023£1kCharitable activities
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable TrustFY2022£1k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500
THE THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2025amount not stated

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/11/2012£247kGiving Older People Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/07/2007£9kDage's Furniture Re-Use Aids Environment