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/

Objects

The Charity’s objects are to promote the relief of older people in any manner which now or hereafter may be deemed by law to be charitable within the county of Kent with particular reference to Herne Bay, Whitstable and surrounding villages and, at the discretion of the Trustees, to promote the relief of people in need by reason of ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage where engagement in such activity is considered complementary to the Charity’s primary purpose.

Area of benefit: THE COUNTY OF KENT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO HERNE BAY AND DISTRICT

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 · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £389,549, which falls within its stated policy target of £375,000 to £405,000 (equivalent to three months of operating costs). Per the trustees' report, the charity faces ongoing funding challenges and uncertainties from statutory bodies, yet maintains a going concern status with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit 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.

• 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
• 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

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 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)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 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 (5.3%) (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

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AGE CONCERN NEATH PORT TALBOT.

• AGE CONCERN NEATH PORT TALBOT income £275k
• AGE CONCERN LIVERPOOL & SEFTON income £2.2m
• AGE CONCERN HAYLING ISLAND income £27k
• AGE CONCERN READING income £295k
• AGE CONCERN NORTH NORFOLK income £217k
• AGE CONCERN CHESHIRE income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

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