AGE UK DONCASTER

Registered charity 1077339 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN DONCASTER, AGE CONCERN DONCASTER LIMITED

We take the fear out of ageing by empowering and supporting older people in Doncaster to live and age well. We do this by providing support and care in the home, social and wellbeing groups and activities, benefits checks and form-filling as well as general information, advice and signposting.

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Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £265,853 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £993,080. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £964,858, which is below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The number of employees whose benefits (excluding employer pension contributions) exceeded £60,000 was: £60,001 - £70,000 1 employee” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose benefits (excluding employer pension contributions) exceeded £60,000 was: £60,001 - £70,000 1 employee” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months of expenditure (held: £965k)
“Maintaining reserves equivalent to approximately six months! expenditure continues to be considered appropriate to provide resilience and financial stability in the current economic environment.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Calvert Smith LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Age UK Doncaster (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.

CQC provider record: Age UK Doncaster — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 19/03/2020.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£6k
Reserves (reported)
£535k
Employees
56

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Doncaster

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.6m£1.8m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.6m
31/03/2023£921k£1.3m
31/03/2022£1.4m£1.5m
31/03/2021£1.8m£1.9m

Common questions

Is AGE UK DONCASTER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £265,853 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £993,080. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £964,858, which is below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Calvert Smith LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of AGE UK DONCASTER earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds AGE UK DONCASTER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE UK DONCASTER as a grant recipient include THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUSTFY2024£20kTheme of the Year

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/07/2022£292kCircles - Families of Support
UK government22/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund01/06/2016£500kCircles for Independence in Later Life (CFILL)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/06/2008£21k"Age Concern Doncaster 'Sixty Years on in Doncaster' Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/02/2006£34k"Age Concern Doncaster Living History Project"

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 Nottingham & Nottinghamshire.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AGE UK DONCASTER£1.6m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire FY2025£3.3m——unclear—no doubt
AGE UK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE FY2025£4.7m——unclear—no doubt
AGE UK BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
Age UK South Cumbria LTD FY2025£2.0m—0below—no doubt
AGE UK BARNSLEY FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt

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