Age UK Newcastle and North Tyneside

Registered charity 1049527 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN (NORTH TYNESIDE), AGE CONCERN (NORTH TYNESIDE) LTD, AGE CONCERN NORTH TYNESIDE, AGE UK NORTH TYNESIDE

To improve the quality of life for older people

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Latest income
£10.3m
Latest spending
£10.2m
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group reported an operating surplus of £104k for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources increasing to £10.3m. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted cash reserves of £1.5m exceed the stated policy target of £1m, and the organisation projects a surplus for the following year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of normal revenue expenditure plus potential staff redundancy costs in cash (held: £1.5m)
“Age UK North Tyneside needs to accumulate a contingency reserve equivalent to three months of normal revenue expenditure plus potential staff redundancy costs in cash which would calculate to £1 million.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Robson Laidler Accountants Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

EVERYDAY CARE & SUPPORT LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £671k
  • Creditors include £670,751 owed to group undertakings (Note 5).
“Amounts owed to group undertakings 670,751”
EVERYDAY HOMES LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
  • The company was dormant throughout the current year and previous period.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARDQHM-2026-3136 Fit as a Fiddle - Exercise for the Elderly——

CQC provider record: Age UK North Tyneside — Deregistered, 2 registered locations, last inspected 30/09/2015.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
£10.3m
Total spending
£10.2m
Reserves (reported)
£681k
Employees
360

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (77% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: North Tyneside

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£10.3m£10.2m
31/03/2024£9.8m£9.4m
31/03/2023£8.2m£8.1m
31/03/2022£6.5m£6.5m
31/03/2021£5.8m£5.7m

Common questions

Is Age UK Newcastle and North Tyneside financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group reported an operating surplus of £104k for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources increasing to £10.3m. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted cash reserves of £1.5m exceed the stated policy target of £1m, and the organisation projects a surplus for the following year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Robson Laidler Accountants Limited.

Who funds Age UK Newcastle and North Tyneside?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Age UK Newcastle and North Tyneside as a grant recipient include AGE UK, THE HEADLEY TRUST, THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
AGE UKFY2024£381kCampaigns & Research
AGE UKFY2022£101kInformation and advice; Wellbeing; Support the network
THE HEADLEY TRUSTFY2025£90kTowards the advice service.
THE HEADLEY TRUSTFY2024£30kCost of Living Support.
THE HEADLEY TRUSTFY2023£30kCost of Living support.
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£20k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500Other Charities/Voluntary Bodies

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England15/01/2026£13kMove and Mingle
The National Lottery Community Fund01/11/2022£49kAgeing Better Implementation Grant
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2022£10kMaking Movements
Sport England09/08/2021£10kCOVID19 Return to Play
The National Lottery Community Fund17/02/2021£40kTelephone Befriending North Tyneside
The National Lottery Community Fund17/02/2020£10kExercise Snacking
The National Lottery Community Fund21/02/2019£90kFriendly Faces in Local Places
Sport England26/02/2018£168kCore Market Open Fund 1
The National Lottery Community Fund14/11/2014£184kHome from Hospital
The National Lottery Community Fund20/09/2012£10kTo educate older people on heathy food and its impact on their wellbeing.
The National Lottery Community Fund24/04/2012£200kHospital to Home - Volunteering Support Scheme
The National Lottery Community Fund10/12/2009£10kThe SPIRAL (Supporting People in Renewing Active Life) Project
Northern Rock Foundation06/10/2009£148kGrant awarded to Age Concern North Tyneside (Tyne & Wear)
The National Lottery Community Fund29/01/2007£3kSESH Seated excercise in sheltered housing
The National Lottery Community Fund26/01/2006£123kcontinuation - Volunteering Project
The National Lottery Community Fund10/05/2005£150kResubmission - ground floor refurbishment.
Northern Rock Foundation08/03/2005£84kGrant awarded to Age Concern North Tyneside (Tyne & Wear)
Northern Rock Foundation09/10/2001£61kGrant awarded to Age Concern North Tyneside (Tyne & Wear)

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 NORTHUMBERLAND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Age UK Newcastle and North Tyneside£10.3m——above—no doubt
AGE UK NORTHUMBERLAND FY2025£6.8m£70,001 - £80,0001within—no doubt
AGE UK SUNDERLAND FY2025£2.2m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
Age UK North Cumbria FY2025£1.1m£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
AGE UK HERTFORDSHIRE FY2025£5.5m——within—no doubt
Newcastle Foodbank FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt

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