AGE UK SHEFFIELD

Registered charity 1108413 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN SHEFFIELD

Age UK Sheffield (Age Concern Sheffield) is an independent, local charity, dedicated to enabling older people to be the architect of their own lives. We provide bespoke assistance, enabling people to find their own solutions, particularly those living in social isolation or with physical, sensory or mental impairment, facilitating access to a very wide range of the city's facilities and resources.

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: CITY OF SHEFFIELD.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £162,009 for the year, which was attributed to the expenditure of grants received in prior years. Despite this, the charity held free reserves of £698,219, which exceeded its stated policy target range of £500,000 to £600,000. The trustees confirmed a positive going concern assessment, citing adequate unrestricted reserves and cash flow forecasts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hawsons Chartered Accountants. Discloses 5 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
• 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)

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: AGE UK SHEFFIELD ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 02432642
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05207254

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.

• DEAN, Martin Lee — director, appointed 08/02/2024on trustee list
• ROSE, Joanne — director, appointed 08/12/2023on trustee list
• BAMBER, Colin — director, appointed 08/12/2023on trustee list
• ILIFF, Alison Deborah Caroline — director, appointed 08/12/2023on trustee list
• DOONEY, Colleen Bridget — director, appointed 03/11/2022on trustee list
• WHITWORTH, Lisa — director, appointed 04/11/2021on trustee list
• SAMPSON, Naomi — director, appointed 05/11/2020on trustee list
• BARKER, Teresa — secretary, appointed 17/10/2023

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

CQC provider record: Age UK Sheffield — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 18/09/2012.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (45% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Iliff
• Colin Bamber
• Colleen Bridget Dooney
• Joanne Rose
• Lisa Whitworth
• Martin Dean
• Naomi Bryher Sampson

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• AGE UK income £131.8m
• AGE UK STOCKPORT income £2.1m
• AGE UK WAKEFIELD DISTRICT income £3.0m
• AGE UK LEWISHAM AND SOUTHWARK income £2.6m
• AGE UK HILLINGDON, HARROW AND BRENT income £2.9m
• AGE UK LAMBETH income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

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