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AGE CONCERN BEDFORDSHIRE

Registered charity 1090535 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE UK BEDFORDSHIRE

We provide services to adults over the age of 50 years and their family or carers to make informed choices on benefits and enabling services. Our services include information & advice, befriending & carers respite. Practical help in the home is provided if a client is unable to carry out these tasks for themselves due to ill health or age.We work across the whole of Bedfordshire and Luton.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £136,943 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its total reserves to £432,070. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 or over — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee received emoluments of £60,000 or over (2024 : One)” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee received emoluments of £60,000 or over (2024 : One)” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months’ running costs (held: £420k)
“The Trustees aim to hold reserves equivalent to six months’ running costs to safeguard against funding delays and to support service continuity.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Age UK Bedfordshire Trading Limited
“The Group financial statements comprise the financial statements of Age UK Bedfordshire and its wholly owned subsidiary, Age UK Bedfordshire Trading Limited” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hawsons Chartered Accountants. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

AGE UK BEDFORDSHIRE TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • The trade and assets were transferred to the parent charity, Age UK Bedfordshire, and the company has ceased trading.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Age UK Bedfordshire (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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£14k
Reserves (reported)
£420k
Employees
162

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.7% 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: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.9m£1.8m
31/03/2024£1.8m£1.7m
31/03/2023£1.5m£1.6m
31/03/2022£1.4m£1.3m
31/03/2021£1.3m£1.2m

Common questions

Is AGE CONCERN BEDFORDSHIRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £136,943 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its total reserves to £432,070. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors regarding its going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hawsons Chartered Accountants.

What does the highest-paid employee of AGE CONCERN BEDFORDSHIRE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 or over band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION3£164k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST3£7k
THE HARPUR TRUST2£67k
THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST2£26k
THE HELEN HAMLYN TRUST2£9k
THE AMATEURS TRUST1£95k
THE STEVE MORGAN FOUNDATION1£78k
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEY1£76k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AGE CONCERN BEDFORDSHIRE£1.9m£60,000 or over1unclear—no doubt
AGE CONCERN, LUTON FY2025£740k—0above—no doubt
CARERS IN BEDFORDSHIRE FY2025£1.6m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
AGE CONCERN CHESHIRE FY2025£2.1m—0above—no doubt
AGE CONCERN SLOUGH AND BERKSHIRE EAST FY2025£1.6mover £70,0001unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS FOR LIFE BEDFORDSHIRE FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt

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