AGE UK SURREY

Registered charity 1036450 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as A C SURREY, AGE CONCERN SURREY, AGE CONCERN SURREY SERVICES

Age UK Surrey has been working closely with older people in the county since 1963. The Charity has developed services to meet the increasing demands of an ageing population, providing a Homehelp service, gardening, befriending, Shopmobility, Information & Advice and Healthy Living, and a computer Drop-in centre based in Guildford where older people learn IT skills.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE DISABLED PEOPLE AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE PRESENT COUNTY OF SURREY AND THE HISTORICAL COUNTY OF SURREY PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF A DOMESTIC HELP SERVICE

Area of benefit: SURREY

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Waverley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£1.9m
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves of £1,146,857 are available, which the Trustees confirm is sufficient to cover six months of expenditure in line with their stated policy. The charity reported a net income of £476,416 for the year, with total income increasing to £2,383,834 from the previous year. The Trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate, citing adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of expenditure (reserves figure: £1.1m)
“It is the policy of the Board to build sufficient unrestricted reserves to cover six months of expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. 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: 350
  • Government income: £585,470 — contracts £292,735 (4), grants £292,735 (4); 25% of the £2,383,834 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

  • Volunteers: 429
  • Government income: £386,586 — contracts £152,977 (7), grants £233,609 (7); 20% of the £1,944,070 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

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

  • Volunteers: 381
  • Government income: £190,060 — grants £190,060 (10); 14% of the £1,361,478 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

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 31/03/2022 (received 06/02/2023, 6 days after the 31/01/2023 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Age UK Surrey (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Total income
£2.4m
Total spending
£1.9m
Cost of raising funds
£184k
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
55

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.4m£1.9m
31/03/2024£1.9m£1.8m
31/03/2023£1.4m£2.0m
31/03/2022£1.5m£1.4m
31/03/2021£1.4m£1.0m

Common questions

Is AGE UK SURREY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves of £1,146,857 are available, which the Trustees confirm is sufficient to cover six months of expenditure in line with their stated policy. The charity reported a net income of £476,416 for the year, with total income increasing to £2,383,834 from the previous year. The Trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate, citing adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Menzies LLP.

Who funds AGE UK SURREY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE UK SURREY as a grant recipient include AGE UK.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
AGE UKFY2022£652kInformation and advice; Wellbeing; Support the network
AGE UKFY2021£165kSupport the network
AGE UKFY2023£102kSupporting the network

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/01/2023£7kReplacement Kitchen Equipment for The Clockhouse Community Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund10/08/2006£10kFeet First
The National Lottery Community Fund09/11/2004£141kInvestigation into the social and emotional well being of lone older mern

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 AGE UK BERKSHIRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AGE UK SURREY£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt
AGE UK BERKSHIRE FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
AGE UK CROYDON FY2026£1.7m——above—no doubt
AGE UK SUTTON FY2025£1.9m—0above—no doubt
AGE UK DERBY & DERBYSHIRE FY2025£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
AGE UK COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE FY2025£5.6m£90,001 - £100,000—above—no doubt

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