AGE UK LAMBETH

Registered charity 1063497 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN LAMBETH

Age UK Lambeth empowers older people to achieve a full quality of life by providing: good quality information, advice and advocacy; diverse services and support including befriending and carrying out minor repairs, improvements or adaptations to enable older people to maintain their independence; an extensive programme of activities to help older people achieve personal goals.

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Latest income
£3.1m
Latest spending
£3.2m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £134,221, resulting in a reduction of total funds to £622,278. The trustees note that reserves of £623,248 are broadly in line with their policy, equivalent to 3.8 months of forward expenditure. Per the auditors' report, the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3.8 months of forward expenditure (held: £623k)
“the level of reserves is broadly in line with the policy (equivalent to 3.8 months)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £970
“Present value of provision 31-Mar-25 £ 970”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

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

Total income
£3.1m
Total spending
£3.2m
Cost of raising funds
£10k
Reserves (reported)
£684k
Employees
68

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lambeth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.1m£3.2m
31/03/2024£3.3m£3.4m
31/03/2023£3.9m£3.8m
31/03/2022£3.7m£3.5m
31/03/2021£2.7m£2.7m

Common questions

Is AGE UK LAMBETH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £134,221, resulting in a reduction of total funds to £622,278. The trustees note that reserves of £623,248 are broadly in line with their policy, equivalent to 3.8 months of forward expenditure. Per the auditors' report, the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

Who funds AGE UK LAMBETH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE UK LAMBETH as a grant recipient include AGE UK, Fuel Bank Foundation, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
AGE UKFY2023£116kSupporting the network
Fuel Bank FoundationFY2023£54kFuel Bank Vouchers
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/11/2025£20kExercise and Socialise
The National Lottery Community Fund16/02/2024£20kMyatt's Fields Community Cafe
Sport England24/01/2024£8kExercise & Socialise
City Bridge Foundation06/09/2021£240kGrant to Age UK Lambeth
The National Lottery Community Fund20/03/2019£50kResilient and productive Ageing (Development Grant)
The National Lottery Community Fund17/08/2016£8kExtending Digital Access and Improving Digital Literacy for Older Peop
The National Lottery Community Fund20/07/2006£10kSunshine & Memory

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 LEWISHAM AND SOUTHWARK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AGE UK LAMBETH£3.1m—0within—no doubt
AGE UK LEWISHAM AND SOUTHWARK FY2025£2.6m——above—no doubt
Age UK South Cumbria LTD FY2025£2.0m—0below—no doubt
AGE UK LANCASHIRE FY2025£5.4m——unclear—no doubt
AGE UK WESTMINSTER FY2025£870k—0within—no doubt
AGE UK KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FY2025£2.9m—0below—no doubt

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