AGE CONCERN BOURNEMOUTH

Registered charity 1113294 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACB, AGE UK BOURNEMOUTH, Age UK Bournemouth, Poole & East Dorset

Age Concern Bournemouth, Poole & East Dorset works with and for people over 55 in Bournemouth, Poole & East Dorset. Activities include social clubs and centres, information & advice, register of reputable tradespeople, pubs club, days out, walking groups, yoga classes, Chair exercise foot care support at home, foot care clinic, dementia services & community connections

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE IN BOURNEMOUTH, POOLE, CHRISTCHURCH, EAST DORSET AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Area of benefit: IN AND AROUND BOURNEMOUTH

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £44,099 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £905,230. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £401,603, which equates to five months of unrestricted expenditure, a level deemed adequate to mitigate risks associated with reliance on annual contract funding.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. 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
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05401464

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.

• HAYWARD, Rachel — director, appointed 18/11/2024on trustee list
• THOMAS, Christopher Baden Nigel — director, appointed 18/11/2024on trustee list
• NEWMAN, Rachel Anne — director, appointed 08/04/2024on trustee list
• CONNELL, Charlotte Tessa — director, appointed 08/04/2024on trustee list
• PETERKIN, Ian — director, appointed 28/11/2023on trustee list
• SIMPSON, Peter James — director, appointed 28/11/2023on trustee list
• LLOYD, Sarah — secretary, appointed 01/04/2010

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles 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.

CQC provider record: Age Concern Bournemouth — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 17/05/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Age UK Bournemouth: Good (18/03/2025) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/02/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charlotte Connell
• Christopher Thomas
• Elizabeth West
• Ian Peterkin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter James Simpson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Hayward
• Rachel Newman

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Poole

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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