AGE CONCERN SOLIHULL
Registered charity 1055887 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE UK SOLIHULL
Services and support for older people in Solihull Metropolitan Borough
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reported a significant surplus in unrestricted funds, with free reserves of £489,098, which exceeds its stated policy target of between £400,000 and £450,000. The accounts state that the organization is financially resilient, having successfully managed cost-of-living pressures and maintained adequate liquidity despite challenges in securing grant funding.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: between £400,000 and £450,000 (held: £489k)
“Our free reserves policy states that based on our current activities and principal risks, we require minimum free reserves of between £400,000 and £450,000.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Age Concern Solihull Trading Limited
“The Charity owns the total issued share capital of Age Concern Solihull Trading Limited trading as Age UK Solihull Trading.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Thomas & Young Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Age UK Solihull (matched by registered charity number).
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Specsavers Solihull Hearing Centre — “Our Spring 2026 Newsletter, sponsored by Specsavers Solihull Hearing Centre, is out now.” (source page)
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.
- ARGENT, Steven John — director, appointed 19/08/2026on trustee list
- HUSSAIN, Nadia — director, appointed 19/08/2026on trustee list
- BAVIN, Tamara Jane — director, appointed 25/09/2024on trustee list
- WATSON, Richard Charles — director, appointed 29/05/2024on trustee list
- ROSE-SMITH, Patricia Ermanda — director, appointed 27/03/2024on trustee list
- ROLF, Alison Jane — director, appointed 27/07/2022on trustee list
- CHAUHAN, Pinakini — director, appointed 31/03/2021on trustee list
- ROBINSON, Nicola Clare — director, appointed 31/03/2017on trustee list
- TOMLINSON, Sally Rachel — director, appointed 30/03/2016on trustee list
- HASTINGS, Anne — secretary, appointed 29/03/2000
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Age UK Solihull — Deregistered, 2 registered locations, last inspected 02/07/2013.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)
Cost of raising funds
£142k
Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Sally Tomlinsonchair
- Alison Jane Rolf · trustee of 1 other charity
- Nadia Hussain
- Nicola Clare Robinson
- Patricia Rose-Smith
- Pinakini Chauhan
- Richard Charles Watson
- Steven John Argent
- Tamara Jane Bavin
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Solihull
Income and spending
Common questions
Is AGE CONCERN SOLIHULL financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a significant surplus in unrestricted funds, with free reserves of £489,098, which exceeds its stated policy target of between £400,000 and £450,000. The accounts state that the organization is financially resilient, having successfully managed cost-of-living pressures and maintained adequate liquidity despite challenges in securing grant funding. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Thomas & Young Limited.
Who funds AGE CONCERN SOLIHULL?
Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE CONCERN SOLIHULL as a grant recipient include AGE UK, THE RATCLIFF FOUNDATION, THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST, THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION, WARWICKSHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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