AGE UK BARNET

Registered charity 1080458 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN BARNET, AGEUK BARNET

The charity operates two activity centres for older people and a variety of services in the community including exercise classes, nail cutting, social activities, information and advice and a home repair service.It encourages volunteering to assist older people and by older people assisting others.

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Latest income
£3.5m
Latest spending
£2.8m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £660,476 are in line with the trustees' policy of retaining three to six months of running costs, with three months estimated at £574,000. The charity reports a net income of £695,087 and notes that financial sustainability is its major financial risk, though it has strengthened its resilience through a significant donation from the Dr French Foundation.

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 Chief Executive Officer’s salary was in the range between £60,000 and £70,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“1 employee earned £60,000 per annum or more during the year” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: none
“Income in 2025 was clearly significantly increased by the donation from the Dr French Foundation which has been placed into a designated fund. Other than that, the main source of income for the year was from contracts for the provision of charitable services from the London Borough of Barnet and from the Social Prescribing service.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months running costs (held: £660k)
“agreed it would be prudent to take a flexible approach and retain between three and six months running costs” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income
£3.5m
Total spending
£2.8m
Cost of raising funds
£28k
Reserves (reported)
£1.4m
Employees
74

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 (82% 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: 0.8% 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: Barnet

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.5m£2.8m
31/03/2024£2.9m£2.7m
31/03/2023£2.6m£2.4m
31/03/2022£1.5m£1.4m
31/03/2021£1.1m£947k

Common questions

Is AGE UK BARNET financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £660,476 are in line with the trustees' policy of retaining three to six months of running costs, with three months estimated at £574,000. The charity reports a net income of £695,087 and notes that financial sustainability is its major financial risk, though it has strengthened its resilience through a significant donation from the Dr French Foundation. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of AGE UK BARNET 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 BARNET?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE UK BARNET as a grant recipient include AGE UK, CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON, HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB FELLOWSHIP.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
AGE UKFY2023£185kSupporting the network
AGE UKFY2022£108kInformation and advice; Wellbeing; Support the network
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2024£23kOlder People & Housing
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2022£21kOlder People & Housing Programme
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2025£21kOlder People & Housing
HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB FELLOWSHIPFY2024£10k
HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB FELLOWSHIPFY2025£10k
HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB FELLOWSHIPFY2023£4kCharitable donations

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2024£18kPigeon Post
City Bridge Foundation01/12/2023£2kGrant to Age UK Barnet
City Bridge Foundation26/04/2023£248kGrant to Age UK Barnet
The National Lottery Community Fund28/10/2022£10kEat Well Stay Well
The Mercers' Company01/12/2021£65kGrant to Age UK Barnet
Sport England15/01/2021£10kTGC CF Bollywood Barnet
The National Lottery Community Fund31/10/2018£197kBarnet Connect
The National Lottery Community Fund13/11/2014£10kThe Golden Growers project
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2006£5kAgeing Well

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 BARNET U3A.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AGE UK BARNET£3.5m£60,001 - £70,0001within—no doubt
BARNET U3A FY2025£135k—0above—no doubt
BARNET CARERS CENTRE FY2025£1.8m—0above—no doubt
AGE UK HILLINGDON, HARROW AND BRENT FY2025£2.9m——unclear—no doubt
AGE UK BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET LIMITED FY2025£1.5m—0above—no doubt
Age UK Maidstone, Sevenoaks and Tonbridge FY2025£1.5m——above—no doubt

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