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

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND/OR OLDER PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SOLIHULL:1. PREVENTING OR RELIEVING THE POVERTY OF OLDER PEOPLE2. ADVANCING EDUCATION3. PREVENTING OR RELIEVING SICKNESS, DISEASE OR SUFFERING IN OLDER PEOPLE (WHETHER EMOTIONAL, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL)4. PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY

Area of benefit: METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SOLIHULL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Solihull, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

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

Accounts audited by Thomas & Young Limited. 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
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

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 03180062

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)

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sally Tomlinsonchair
• Alison Jane Rolf · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nadia Hussain
• Nicola Clare Robinson
• Patricia Rose-Smith
• Pinakini Chauhan
• Richard Charles Watson
• Sarah Elizabeth Jane Bartlett
• Steven John Argent
• Tamara Jane Bavin

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

Operates in: Solihull

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AGE CONCERN LIVERPOOL & SEFTON.

• AGE CONCERN LIVERPOOL & SEFTON income £2.2m
• AGE CONCERN ISLINGTON income £2.2m
• AGE CONCERN DURHAM COUNTY income £1.5m
• AGE CONCERN NEATH PORT TALBOT income £275k
• AGE CONCERN VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE ELDERLY MERSTHAM, REDHILL AND REIGATE income £183k
• AGE CONCERN IN CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY income £4.7m

Side by side with its peers

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