Age UK Lincolnshire

Registered charity 1078539 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN LINCOLN, AGE UK LINCOLN, AGE UK LINCOLN AND KESTEVEN, AGE UK LINCOLN AND SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE

Age UK Lincoln & South Lincolnshire has 5 key functions - to undertake research into the needs of older people and to develop innovative services; raise awareness of older peoples' issues and campaign on their behalf; provide information and advocacy, provide a range of other community services that promotes health and wellbeing, independence and choice; promote volunteering opportunities.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £94,059 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased operating costs and a pragmatic agreement to run a deficit budget. Despite this, unrestricted free reserves remained at £1,971,553, which is above the trustees' stated policy target range of £850,000 to £1,275,000. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern, though they noted ongoing risks from cost of living pressures and funding uncertainty.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• 'Going extra mile': Bus staff raise nearly £2,500 for Age UK Lincolnshire lincolnshireworld.com · 02/03/2026
• Age UK Lincolnshire Launch ageuk.org.uk · 21/07/2025

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03777156

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Age UK Lincoln and South Lincolnshire (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Michele Jolly — CEO (source)
• Carol Liggins — Chair of Trustees (source)
• Ed Hollamby — Commercial Services Director (source)

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.

• MOORE, Michael William — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• BATT, Ruth — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• WEBB, Michelle — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• GIBBS, Jeremy Stephen — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• STEEL, Darren — director, appointed 19/06/2025on trustee list
• LIGGINS, Carol — director, appointed 07/10/2019on trustee list
• REDMILE, Kirsteen — director, appointed 07/10/2019on trustee list
• FEATHERBY, Stewart John — director, appointed 14/09/2009on trustee list
• JOLLY, Michele Freda — secretary, appointed 08/08/2013

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Age UK Lincolnshire — Registered, 2 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 13/03/2019.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 ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

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• Age UK Lincolnshire: Good (30/04/2019) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (05/07/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carol Ligginschair
• Darren Steel
• JEREMY GIBBS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kirsteen Redmile
• Michael Moore
• Michelle Webb
• Ruth Batt
• STEWART FEATHERBY

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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 UK LANCASHIRE.

• AGE UK LANCASHIRE income £5.4m
• AGE UK LINDSEY income £1.3m
• Age UK South Cumbria LTD income £2.0m
• Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire income £3.3m
• AGE UK LAMBETH income £3.1m
• Age UK Norwich income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

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