ELDERS' VOICE

Registered charity 1091519 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ELDERS VOICE

Elders Voice provides a range of quality services designed to enable older people to live independently and actively in the community. We work with older people and partners in the statutory and voluntary sectors to plan, develop and deliver a holistic service to older people living in Brent.

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Latest income
£302k
Latest spending
£289k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £12,262 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Total reserves stood at £238,428, with unrestricted reserves of £205,314, which the trustees confirmed are in line with their stated reserves policy. The charity's primary income source is Brent Local Authority, supplemented by grants and income-generating activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Brent Local Authority
“Brent Local Authority are our primary source of income together with grants from Trust and Foundations” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Elders Voice (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£633k
Total spending
£572k
Cost of raising funds
£27k
Reserves (reported)
£213k
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 4.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£302k£289k
31/03/2024£479k£518k
31/03/2023£633k£572k
31/03/2022£523k£527k
31/03/2021£615k£593k

Common questions

Is ELDERS' VOICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £12,262 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Total reserves stood at £238,428, with unrestricted reserves of £205,314, which the trustees confirmed are in line with their stated reserves policy. The charity's primary income source is Brent Local Authority, supplemented by grants and income-generating activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ELDERS' VOICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ELDERS' VOICE as a grant recipient include Kingsbury Charity, WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Kingsbury CharityFY2024£15kCarers and aid for those in need
WEMBLEY NATIONAL STADIUM TRUSTFY2023£15kTowards establishing an older people's fitness gym
Kingsbury CharityFY2021£10kCareers and aid t'or those in need
Kingsbury CharityFY2022£10kCarers and aid for those in need

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/07/2022£10kElders Voice Peer Designers
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2020£9kStay Connected
The National Lottery Community Fund02/08/2019£8kTechnology For All
City Bridge Foundation31/01/2019£104kGrant to Elders Voice
The National Lottery Community Fund30/07/2014£10kIT Skills For All Ages
City Bridge Foundation04/07/2013£86kGrant to Elders Voice
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/10/2007£50k"Belonging in Brent"

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 NEIGHBOURHOOD ELDERS TEAM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ELDERS' VOICE£302k—0within—no doubt
NEIGHBOURHOOD ELDERS TEAM FY2025£271k—0above—no doubt
BRAMLEY ELDERLY ACTION FY2025£589k—0unclear—no doubt
Local Voice in the Community FY2025£253kmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt
THE ELDERS FOUNDATION FY2025£3.6m——unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY FY2024£22.0m£140,001 - £150,00016below—no doubt

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