AGE UK TORBAY

Registered charity 1084684 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN TORBAY

The mission of the charity is to promote the well being of all older people and help make life a fulfilling and enjoyable experience.To achieve this in Torbay we undertake the following:Provide support to people through direct service provisionPromote positive attitudes to older people and ageingInfluence and develop public policies that affect older people.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND/OR OLDER PEOPLE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT: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, SOCIAL EXCLUSION OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; AND3.1.7 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.

Area of benefit: TORBAY

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £12,149 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £543,842. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £373,626 were held, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £414,000. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis without material uncertainty.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Faye Roebuckchair
• Catherine Pinnegar
• Drew Perry
• Scarlett Baker

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

Operates in: Torbay

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• AGE UK SOMERSET income £948k
• AGE UK EALING income £1.3m
• Age UK North Cumbria income £1.1m
• AGE UK LANCASHIRE income £5.4m
• AGE CONCERN IN CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY income £4.7m
• Age UK South Cumbria LTD income £2.7m

Side by side with its peers

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