AGE UK DEVON

Registered charity 1019018 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN DEVON

Age UK Devon's mission is to improve the lives of older people in Devon through delivering services that: * Increase independence*Tackle loneliness & isolation*Improve health & wellbeing*Make the most out of life*Provide benefit advice*Access local services*Support families & carers

Objects

PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW CHARITABLE IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON

Area of benefit: DEVON

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 · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Exeter, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £1,206,894, driven by legacy income, which the trustees describe as providing financial stability for the foreseeable future. The charity reports a net income of £384,857 and holds substantial cash reserves of £1,071,780, indicating strong liquidity. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP. Discloses 4 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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)

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02773453
• Trading subsidiary: AGE UK DEVON TRADING LIMITED Companies House 07908392

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• GIBLIN, Paul — director, appointed 29/07/2026on trustee list
• ELLIS, Michael — director, appointed 15/02/2023on trustee list
• SMITH, Kate — director, appointed 26/01/2022on trustee list
• AUSTIN, Robert Francis — director, appointed 20/01/2020not on trustee list
• ALDIS, Helen Mary — director, appointed 06/11/2018on trustee list
• LITTLEWOOD, Sophie Rebecca — secretary, appointed 10/12/2013

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~18.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kate Smith
• Michael Ellis
• Paul Giblin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rob Austin

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AGE UK CROYDON.

• AGE UK CROYDON income £1.7m
• AGE UK income £131.8m
• AGE UK TORBAY income £869k
• AGE UK BERKSHIRE income £1.3m
• AGE UK COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE income £5.6m
• AGE UK LANCASHIRE income £5.4m

Side by side with its peers

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