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AGE UK HERTFORDSHIRE

Registered charity 1116662 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN HERTFORDSHIRE

The object and principal activity of Age UK Hertfordshire is to promote the relief of elderly people in any manner, which now or hereafter may be deemed by law to be charitable in and around Hertfordshire.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE IN AND AROUND HERTFORDSHIRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT").

Area of benefit: IN AND AROUND HERTFORDSHIRE.

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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Latest income
£5.5m
Latest spending
£5.1m
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £439,331 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves increasing to £3,383,831. The trustees confirm that unrestricted general reserves of £2,532,726 are within the stated policy target of 3 to 9 months of organisational expenditure. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to nine months of organisational expenditure (held: £2.5m)
“The organisation's revised Reserves Policy is to hold between 3 and 9 months of ‘Organisational Expenditure’ as unrestricted general funds.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £16.1m
“A full actuarial valuation for the scheme was carried out at 30 September 2023. This valuation showed assets of £514.9m, liabilities of £531.0m and a deficit of £16.1m.” — page 40
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Myers Clark. Discloses 4 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: 502
  • Government income: £2,570,145 — grants £2,570,145 (9); 47% of the £5,519,111 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

  • Volunteers: 803
  • Government income: £1,795,539 — grants £1,795,539 (8); 35% of the £5,192,166 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

  • Volunteers: 450
  • Government income: £1,697,384 — grants £1,697,384 (8); 43% of the £3,983,903 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

AGE UK HERTFORDSHIRE TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Debtors include £1 owed by group undertakings.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

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

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

Total income
£5.5m
Total spending
£5.1m
Cost of raising funds
£86k
Reserves (reported)
£2.5m
Employees
390

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 1.6% 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: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£5.5m£5.1m
31/03/2024£5.2m£4.5m
31/03/2023£4.0m£3.6m
31/03/2022£3.6m£3.4m
31/03/2021£3.5m£3.5m

Common questions

Is AGE UK HERTFORDSHIRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £439,331 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total reserves increasing to £3,383,831. The trustees confirm that unrestricted general reserves of £2,532,726 are within the stated policy target of 3 to 9 months of organisational expenditure. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Myers Clark.

Who funds AGE UK HERTFORDSHIRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE UK HERTFORDSHIRE as a grant recipient include AGE UK, THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE TRUEMARK TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
AGE UKFY2025£175kImpactful Services, Poverty & Inequality, Health & Care
AGE UKFY2023£160kSupporting the network
AGE UKFY2021£141kSupport the network
AGE UKFY2022£125kInformation and advice; Wellbeing; Support the network
AGE UKFY2024£18kSupport the Network
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE TRUEMARK TRUSTFY2024£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/05/2022£10kActive Ageing
The National Lottery Community Fund09/02/2015£437kENACT (Enhancing Access for Older Communities)
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2012£498kHealthwise Countywide
The National Lottery Community Fund08/09/2010£474kReaching 'Older' Communities
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2009£3kEmpowering IT
The National Lottery Community Fund30/05/2007£303kReaching Out - for the rights of older people in Hertfordshire

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
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£2.7m
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST1£2.3m
Rothesay Foundation1£2.3m
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED1£2.0m
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£500k
Sussex Community NHS Charity1£430k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION1£352k
THE TOLKIEN TRUST1£240k

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 HERTFORDSHIRE£5.5m——within—no doubt
AGE UK BERKSHIRE FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
Age UK Enfield FY2025£2.0m—0below—no doubt
AGE UK TORBAY FY2025£869k—0unclear—no doubt
AGE UK FY2025£131.8m£280,001 - £290,000—within—no doubt
Age UK North Cumbria FY2025£1.1m£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt

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