AGE UK BEXLEY

Registered charity 1088399 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN BEXLEY

To promote the relief of elderly people in and around the London Borough of Bexley.

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:PREVENTING OR RELIEVING THE POVERTY OF OLDER PEOPLE;ADVANCING EDUCATION;PREVENTING OR RELIEVING SICKNESS, DISEASE OR SUFFERING IN OLDER PEOPLE (WHETHER EMOTIONAL, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL);PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;PROMOTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF OLDER PEOPLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS;ASSISTING OLDER PEOPLE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, SOCIAL EXCLUSION OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; ANDSUCH 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: IN AND AROUND THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY

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: Bexley, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£960k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £121,451 for the year, with total income of £1,094,463 against expenditure of £960,342. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £256,067, which is below the stated policy target of three months of operating costs. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern, noting no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of operating costs (held: £256k)
“Financial governance regarding the management of funds identifies a minimum of three months operating costs should be retained to cover all eventualities”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £455
“The Charity's present value of the obligation under the recovery plan referred to above as at 31 March 2025 has been valued at £455 (2024: £119).” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 104
  • Government income: £183,770 — grants £183,770 (2); 17% of the £1,094,463 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 97
  • Government income: £175,100 — grants £175,100 (1); 19% of the £925,012 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 118
  • Government income: £175,100 — grants £175,100 (1); 24% of the £737,520 total gross income on the same return

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

Corporate structure

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Age UK Bexley — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 22/10/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£960k
Cost of raising funds
£3k
Reserves (reported)
£779k
Employees
36

Reported reserves equal ~9.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bexley

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.1m£960k
31/03/2024£925k£831k
31/03/2023£738k£689k
31/03/2022£663k£677k
31/03/2021£678k£600k

Common questions

Is AGE UK BEXLEY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £121,451 for the year, with total income of £1,094,463 against expenditure of £960,342. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £256,067, which is below the stated policy target of three months of operating costs. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern, noting no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young.

Who funds AGE UK BEXLEY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE UK BEXLEY as a grant recipient include CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON, THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, WILLIAM KENDALL'S CHARITY (WAX CHANDLERS COMPANY), THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2022£46kOlder People & Housing Programme
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2023£46kOlder People & Housing
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£25kOlder People & Housing Programme
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£24kOlder People & Housing Programme
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£23kPhysical activity programme
WILLIAM KENDALL'S CHARITY (WAX CHANDLERS COMPANY)FY2022£17kPersons in Need Fund
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2024£6kElderly
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kAnn Rylands Small Donations
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3kAnn Rylands Small Donations Programme
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
LONDON CATALYSTFY2023£2kBefriending Cafes activity programme.
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
LONDON CATALYSTFY2023£1kAll People All Places
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable TrustFY2022£200General Charitable Purposes

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The Mercers' Company01/05/2026£88kGrant to Age UK Bexley
The National Lottery Community Fund12/03/2026£20kAge UK Bexley Information Gateway
Sport England23/04/2025£8kBefriending cafes
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2024£20kWelfare Benefits Advice Service
The National Lottery Community Fund30/08/2023£243kMen in Sheds Bexley
The Mercers' Company11/05/2023£76kGrant to Age UK Bexley
The National Lottery Community Fund23/09/2022£6kThe Rosemary Cafe
The Mercers' Company06/05/2021£91kGrant to Age UK Bexley
City Bridge Foundation15/04/2021£83kGrant to Age UK Bexley
The Mercers' Company10/09/2020£5kCovid-19 Rapid Response Fund Grant
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2020£10kCovid - 19 crisis recovery projec
The Mercers' Company30/04/2019£36kGrant to Age UK Bexley
The National Lottery Community Fund14/09/2018£10kBexley Befriending Cafe's
City Bridge Foundation06/07/2018£90kGrant to Age UK Bexley
The National Lottery Community Fund30/05/2007£510kBexley Welfare Rights Service
The National Lottery Community Fund22/02/2006£5kTraining of Volunteers
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/06/2005£545"Age Concern Bexley Will Use Their Award To Host A 1940'S Fashion Show To Commemorate The 60th Anniversary Of The End Of World War Two. Model"
The National Lottery Community Fund17/06/2005£9k60 Years of Fashion

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 BERKSHIRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AGE UK BEXLEY£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
AGE UK BERKSHIRE FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
AGE UK EXETER FY2025£751k—0unclear—no doubt
AGE UK EAST LONDON FY2025£3.6m—3above—no doubt
AGE UK CROYDON FY2026£1.7m——above—no doubt
Age UK Enfield FY2025£2.0m—0below—no doubt

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