AGE UK CROYDON

Registered charity 1081013 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN CROYDON

Assisting older people to maintain their independence and live full and active lives

Objects

3. OBJECTS THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED AND TO WHICH IT IS SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED ARE:3.1 TO PROMOTE THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND/OR OLDER PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON:3.1.1 PREVENTING OR RELIEVING THE POVERTY OF OLDER PEOPLE.3.1.2 ADVANCING EDUCATION.3.1.3 PREVENTING OR RELIEVING SICKNESS, DISEASE OR SUFFERING IN OLDER PEOPLE (WHETHER EMOTIONAL, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL).3.1.4 PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.3.1.5 PROMOTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF OLDER PEOPLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.3.1.6 ASSISTING OLDER PEOPLE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SOCIAL EXCLUSION OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.3.1.7 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OLDER PEOPLE AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE; THE OUTCOME OF THIS BEING THE PROMOTION OF THE WELL-BEING OF OLDER PEOPLE.3.2 AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES, TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ADULTS IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE WHERE ENGAGEMENT IN SUCH ACTIVITY IS CONSIDERED COMPLEMENTARY TO THE CHARITY’S PRIMARY PURPOSE.

Area of benefit: IN AND AROUND THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Croydon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £119,419 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £1,657,470 and total expenditure of £1,543,217. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves not represented by tangible fixed assets were £1,088,347, and the trustees consider the charity to be in a sound financial position with sufficient reserves to continue operating for at least 12 months.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~12.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (83% 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: 3.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/11/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRENDA SCANLANchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Charlotte Elgar
• Christopher John Briggs
• Dr Branavan Anandasundaram
• Imran Mannan
• Kofi Kyei
• Michael Haahr
• Michael Webb
• Opama Khan
• Oumaduth Sauba · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AGE UK TEESSIDE.

• AGE UK TEESSIDE income £693k
• AGE UK BERKSHIRE income £1.3m
• AGE UK GATESHEAD LIMITED income £1.4m
• AGE UK STOCKPORT income £2.1m
• AGE UK EAST LONDON income £3.6m
• AGE UK EXETER income £751k

Side by side with its peers

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