AGE CONCERN ISLE OF WIGHT

Registered charity 1118711 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE UK ISLE OF WIGHT

With a focus on people in later life, Age Concern Isle of Wight provides information, advice and practical support to promote wellbeing, resilience and independence so that people can live in our Island community free from poverty, isolation and neglect.

Objects

The objects of the Charity are to promote the following purposes for the benefit of the public and/or older people within the Isle of Wight:preventing or relieving the poverty of older people;advancing education;preventing or relieving sickness, disease or suffering (whether emotional, mental or physical);promoting equality and diversity;promoting the human rights of older people in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;assisting older people in need by reason of ill-health, social exclusion or other disadvantage; andsuch other charitable purposes for the benefit of older people as the Directors from time to time decide;the outcome of this being the promotion of the well-being of older people.Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the Charity's property for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Area of benefit: IN AND AROUND THE ISLE OF WIGHT.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Isle of Wight, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £159,526 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by unrestricted expenditure exceeding incoming resources. Despite this deficit, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £932,013, which the trustees confirm remains compliant with their stated policy of holding a minimum of three months' unrestricted 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

Accounts audited by MC Audit Limited. Discloses 5 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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds 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)

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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).

• Richard Quigley MP Hears Emotional Befriending Story During Age UK Isle Of Wight Visit iwradio.co.uk · 12/05/2026

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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lorraine Carole Denise Buckmanchair
• Allan Morris Lockett
• Cyril John Edwards
• Kay Ann Marriott
• Margaret Huxtable
• Martin Bostock
• Neil Stephen Amos
• Stephen Richard Derrick Bailey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy Guy Barker
• Wendy Young

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

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

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 CONCERN WIRRAL.

• AGE CONCERN WIRRAL income £4.1m
• AGE CONCERN MANCHESTER income £5.3m
• AGE CONCERN LIVERPOOL & SEFTON income £2.2m
• AGE CONCERN GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £998k
• AGE CONCERN ISLINGTON income £2.2m
• AGE CONCERN IN CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY income £4.7m

Side by side with its peers

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