AGE UK MILTON KEYNES

Registered charity 1079773 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN MILTON KEYNES

Age UK Milton Keynes is a charity working with and for older people in the Borough of Milton Keynes to make a real and positive difference that contributes to their wellbeing and quality of life.

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Latest income
£2.8m
Latest spending
£3.1m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £348,499 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by exceptional costs associated with premises relocation and underperformance in the Independent Living Service. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,242,532, which is significantly above the stated policy target of one month's operating costs (£213,085). The auditors confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mercer & Hole LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles 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.

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

Total income
£2.8m
Total spending
£3.1m
Cost of raising funds
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£426k
Employees
138

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (48% 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: 51.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Milton Keynes

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.8m£3.1m
31/03/2024£2.8m£3.0m
31/03/2023£2.7m£2.6m
31/03/2022£2.3m£2.3m
31/03/2021£2.6m£2.2m

Common questions

Is AGE UK MILTON KEYNES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £348,499 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by exceptional costs associated with premises relocation and underperformance in the Independent Living Service. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,242,532, which is significantly above the stated policy target of one month's operating costs (£213,085). The auditors confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mercer & Hole LLP.

Who funds AGE UK MILTON KEYNES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE UK MILTON KEYNES as a grant recipient include AGE UK, The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable Trust, THE ROGER AND JEAN JEFCOATE TRUST, THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
AGE UKFY2023£102kSupporting the network
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable TrustFY2024£5k
THE ROGER AND JEAN JEFCOATE TRUSTFY2024£3k
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable TrustFY2025£500
THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£500
THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England13/09/2018£36kActive Ageing Project
Sport England29/09/2017£7kActive Ageing Project
The National Lottery Community Fund11/03/2009£10kThe Hive, 23 High Street, Stony Stratford
The National Lottery Community Fund30/03/2006£5kActive leisure
The National Lottery Community Fund07/07/2004£225kNew building to improve service provision for the elderly

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 MERTON.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AGE UK MILTON KEYNES£2.8m—0above—no doubt
AGE UK MERTON FY2025£1.2m——unclear—no doubt
MILTON KEYNES U3A (UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE) FY2025£116k—0above—no doubt
AGE UK CALDERDALE & KIRKLEES FY2025£2.0m—0above—no doubt
AGE UK WESTMINSTER FY2025£870k—0within—no doubt
AGE UK HERTFORDSHIRE FY2025£5.5m——within—no doubt

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