AGE CONCERN (HERNE BAY)

Registered charity 1047605 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE UK HERNE BAY, AGE UK HERNE BAY & WHITSTABLE

DAY SERVICES FOR OLDER PEOPLE/LAUNDRY/BATHING/VISITING SERVICE/INFORMATION & ADVICE/HOME HELP SERVICE/TOE NAIL CUTTING SERVICE/ACTIVITIES/CARER SUPPORT SERVICE/hot meals delivery/Personal Independence Program/Independent Living Services/

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Latest income

£1.8m

Latest spending

£1.9m

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £(107,963) for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £3,436,349. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £389,549 are within the stated policy target range of £375,000 to £405,000, representing three months of operating costs. Despite challenges regarding funding delays from statutory bodies, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £390k)

“The Trustees following due diligence consider that given the nature of our work this should be the equivalent of 3 months operating costs of service provision. This is a range between £375k and £405k.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: P Goff, spouse of trustee S Goff, is employed by the charity.

“P Goff, spouse of S Goff, a trustee, is employed by the charity. P Goff's employment continues in open competition and S Goff is not involved in decisions relating to performance review and terms of employment.” — page 41

“A Cooke, daughter of G Cooke a member of Key Management Personnel, was employed by the charity up until 24 January 2025. A Cooke's employment was in open competition and G Cooke was not involved in decisions relating to performance review and terms of employment.” — page 41

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: A Cooke, daughter of KMP G Cooke, was employed by the charity until 24 January 2025.

“P Goff, spouse of S Goff, a trustee, is employed by the charity. P Goff's employment continues in open competition and S Goff is not involved in decisions relating to performance review and terms of employment.” — page 41

“A Cooke, daughter of G Cooke a member of Key Management Personnel, was employed by the charity up until 24 January 2025. A Cooke's employment was in open competition and G Cooke was not involved in decisions relating to performance review and terms of employment.” — page 41

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Unconditional donations received from related parties of trustees totalling £381.

“P Goff, spouse of S Goff, a trustee, is employed by the charity. P Goff's employment continues in open competition and S Goff is not involved in decisions relating to performance review and terms of employment.” — page 41

“A Cooke, daughter of G Cooke a member of Key Management Personnel, was employed by the charity up until 24 January 2025. A Cooke's employment was in open competition and G Cooke was not involved in decisions relating to performance review and terms of employment.” — page 41

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Purchases from John Prior Home Improvements Limited, a related party of trustee Filomena Brockwell-Prior, totalling £196.

“P Goff, spouse of S Goff, a trustee, is employed by the charity. P Goff's employment continues in open competition and S Goff is not involved in decisions relating to performance review and terms of employment.” — page 41

“A Cooke, daughter of G Cooke a member of Key Management Personnel, was employed by the charity up until 24 January 2025. A Cooke's employment was in open competition and G Cooke was not involved in decisions relating to performance review and terms of employment.” — page 41

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02960617

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Age UK Herne Bay & Whitstable (matched by registered charity number).

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.

SMITH, Naomi Ruth — director, appointed 24/03/2026on trustee list
ATKINSON, Leslea Petra — director, appointed 18/12/2025on trustee list
BROCKWELL-PRIOR, Filomena Rosa Mary — director, appointed 25/02/2025on trustee list
FREER, Janet — director, appointed 23/05/2023on trustee list
GOFF, Sharon Jane — director, appointed 23/05/2023on trustee list
MCPHIE, John — director, appointed 05/05/2020on trustee list
DENHAM, Evelyne Nancy — director, appointed 06/12/2017on trustee list
GOODWIN, Timothy Philip — director, appointed 06/12/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Age Concern (Herne Bay) — Deregistered, 1 registered location.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Total income

£1.8m

Total spending

£1.9m

Cost of raising funds

£2k

Reserves (reported)

£390k

Employees

68

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (48% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (30/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (17/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

TIMOTHY GOODWINchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Evelyne Nancy Denham
Filomena Rosa Mary Brockwell-Prior
Janet Freer
John McPhie
Leslea Petra Atkinson
Naomi Ruth Smith
Sharon Jane Goff · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.8m	£1.9m
31/03/2024	£1.9m	£2.0m
31/03/2023	£1.6m	£1.6m
31/03/2022	£1.4m	£1.3m
31/03/2021	£1.9m	£1.3m

Common questions

Is AGE CONCERN (HERNE BAY) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £(107,963) for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £3,436,349. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £389,549 are within the stated policy target range of £375,000 to £405,000, representing three months of operating costs. Despite challenges regarding funding delays from statutory bodies, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP.

Who funds AGE CONCERN (HERNE BAY)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE CONCERN (HERNE BAY) as a grant recipient include AGE UK.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
AGE UK	FY2023	£106k	Supporting the network

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/02/2021	£10k	Dementia & families support at home
UK government	25/06/2020	£10k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/03/2019	£8k	Volunteer Recruiter (Retention)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/06/2005	£243	"Age Concern Herne Bay Will Use Their Award To Hold A Street Party To Commemorate The 60th Anniversary Of The End World War Two. An Exhibit O"
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/06/2005	£4k	Commemorative Lunch

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£6k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£2k
THE NANI HUYU CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k
ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£21k
THE ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£12k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	1	£10k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AGE CONCERN NORTH NORFOLK.

AGE CONCERN NORTH NORFOLK income £282k
AGE CONCERN IN CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY income £4.7m
AGE CONCERN SOUTHEND-ON-SEA CIO income £451k
AGE CONCERN VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE ELDERLY MERSTHAM, REDHILL AND REIGATE income £183k
AGE CONCERN LIVERPOOL & SEFTON income £2.2m
AGE CONCERN HASSOCKS & DISTRICT income £263k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AGE CONCERN (HERNE BAY)	£1.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AGE CONCERN NORTH NORFOLK FY2025	£282k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
AGE CONCERN IN CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY FY2025	£4.7m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
AGE CONCERN SOUTHEND-ON-SEA CIO FY2025	£451k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AGE CONCERN VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE ELDERLY MERSTHAM, REDHILL AND REIGATE FY2025	£183k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
AGE CONCERN LIVERPOOL & SEFTON FY2025	£2.2m	—	—	within	—	no doubt

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