AGE CONCERN NORFOLK

Registered charity 1077097 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE UK NORFOLK, NORFOLK COUNCIL ON AGEING

Our mission is to support older people in Norfolk to enjoy the opportunities and meet the challenges of later life.Our vision is to ensure that older people live well in Norfolk

Objects

The object for which the Charity is established is: - To promote the relief of older people in any manner which now or hereafter may be deemed by law to be charitable in and around the county of Norfolk.

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF NORFOLK

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Norwich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £180,526 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by reduced income from trusts, grants, and legacies, as well as the closure of a retail outlet. Despite the deficit, the trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £790,563 remain at the higher end of the stated reserves policy, providing adequate financial stability for the near future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lovewell Blake 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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 03783205

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Aviva — “Age UK Norfolk and Aviva: Another Morning of Connection and Conversation” (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.

• SUTTERBY, Jamie Richard — director, appointed 12/09/2025on trustee list
• BARRY, Mark Antony — director, appointed 31/07/2024on trustee list
• WEST, Cherry — director, appointed 31/07/2024on trustee list
• EVANS, David James — director, appointed 31/07/2024on trustee list
• BARRY, Caroline Elizabeth, Dr — director, appointed 05/01/2024on trustee list
• SMITH, Meryl Frances — director, appointed 26/03/2021on trustee list
• BUXTON, Rachel Annie — director, appointed 26/03/2021on trustee list
• SINGH, Surjait Malhi — director, appointed 28/09/2017on trustee list
• DRAKE, Stephen Kenneth — director, appointed 27/11/2013on trustee list

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Age Concern Norfolk — Deregistered, 2 registered locations, last inspected 17/10/2018.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 ~8.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rachel Annie Buxtonchair
• Cherry West
• David Evans
• Dr Caroline Barry
• Jamie Sutterby
• Mark Barry
• Meryl Frances Smith

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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 CONCERN LIVERPOOL & SEFTON.

• AGE CONCERN LIVERPOOL & SEFTON income £2.2m
• AGE CONCERN MANCHESTER income £5.3m
• AGE CONCERN GILLINGHAM income £53k
• AGE CONCERN MID MERSEY income £436k
• AGE UK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE income £4.7m
• AGE CONCERN WIRRAL income £4.1m

Side by side with its peers

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