INTERNATIONAL LONGEVITY CENTRE-UK

Registered charity 1080496 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ILC-UK

The Aim of ILC-UKInternational Longevity Centre (ILC-UK) is an independent think-tank influencing policy on a lifecourse approach to societal ageing and population change. The ILC-UK develops ideas, undertakes research and creates a forum for debate and action.

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Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£961k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves of £103,838 fall below the charity's stated policy target of 3-6 months of operating costs. Despite this shortfall, the Trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern, supported by a pipeline of activity exceeding 12 months and a surplus approximating 3-6 months of operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £104k)
“Free reserves are £103,838 (2024 - £247,245) which falls below the charity's 3-6 month reserves expectations.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee donations
“Trustee donations totalled £250 (2024- Nil). There are no other related party transactions.” — page 31
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: ILC-UK Services Ltd
“The company's wholly owned subsidiary, ILC-UK Services Ltd, was established in 2008 to provide consultancy services.” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Nyman Libson Paul LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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

Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£961k
Cost of raising funds
£116k
Reserves (reported)
£104k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 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 (69% 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: 11.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.0m£961k
31/03/2024£923k£1.3m
31/03/2023£912k£872k
31/03/2022£848k£989k
31/03/2021£782k£693k

Common questions

Is INTERNATIONAL LONGEVITY CENTRE-UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves of £103,838 fall below the charity's stated policy target of 3-6 months of operating costs. Despite this shortfall, the Trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern, supported by a pipeline of activity exceeding 12 months and a surplus approximating 3-6 months of operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Nyman Libson Paul LLP.

Who funds INTERNATIONAL LONGEVITY CENTRE-UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INTERNATIONAL LONGEVITY CENTRE-UK as a grant recipient include THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATIONFY2024£140kTackling the information gap in retirement saving decisions

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 IAC-UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INTERNATIONAL LONGEVITY CENTRE-UK£1.0m——below—no doubt
IAC-UK FY2025£804k—0unclear—no doubt
LCI - UK LIMITED FY2025£317k—0unclear—no doubt
AGE UK FY2025£131.8m£280,001 - £290,000—within—no doubt
INTER-CULTURAL YOUTH EXCHANGE (ICYE-UK) LTD FY2025£126k—0above—no doubt
ILKLEY COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE LTD FY2024£1.7m—0above—no doubt

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