AGE UK WEST CUMBRIA

Registered charity 1122049 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN NORTH WEST CUMBRIA

To improve the lives of older people in Allerdale and Copeland.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE PRIMARILY IN NORTH WEST CUMBRIA, IE THE DISTRICTS OF ALLERDALE AND COPELAND (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "AREA OF BENEFIT"). HOWEVER, AS A MEMBER OF AN ASSOCIATION, PARTNERSHIP OR CONSORTIUM, THE COMBINED GEOGRAPHIC AREAS SERVED BY THE ASSOCIATION, PARTNERSHIP OR CONSORTIUM MEMBERS.

Area of benefit: NORTH WEST CUMBRIA, IE, THE DISTRICTS OF ALLERDALE AND COPELAND

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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Registered contact address: Cumberland, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2007

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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)

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

  • Volunteers: 90
  • Government income: £150,000 — contracts £150,000 (2); 10% of the £1,481,005 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022

  • Volunteers: 115
  • Government income: £114,305 — contracts £71,553 (2), grants £42,752 (1); 9% of the £1,213,726 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2021

  • Volunteers: 115
  • Government income: £175,860 — contracts £175,860 (3); 17% of the £1,029,030 total gross income on the same return
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 31/03/2022, 59 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

2 further annual returns are past their due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£429k
Reserves (reported)
£769k
Employees
52

Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 29.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025——
31/03/2024——
31/03/2023£1.5m£1.4m
31/03/2022£1.2m£1.3m
31/03/2021£1.0m£988k

Common questions

Who funds AGE UK WEST CUMBRIA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE UK WEST CUMBRIA as a grant recipient include THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST, W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£15k
W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2022£10kWigton Older People's Community Space
The National Lottery Community Fund28/01/2021£10kRural Health Hubs for older people in West Cumbria
The National Lottery Community Fund09/03/2016£494kCommunity Connections
The National Lottery Community Fund15/10/2014£10kMen in a Workshop
Northern Rock Foundation10/12/2013£89kGrant awarded to Age UK West Cumbria (Cumbria)
The National Lottery Community Fund10/08/2010£197kDerwent and Greta Communities Action Project
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2010£443kActive For Life
The National Lottery Community Fund30/03/2009£10kSaint Michael's Activity Project
The National Lottery Community Fund19/12/2008£457kEconomic Well-being Project
Northern Rock Foundation08/12/2008£76kGrant awarded to Age UK West Cumbria (Cumbria)
The National Lottery Community Fund21/05/2008£25kHealth project
Northern Rock Foundation11/10/2005£75kGrant awarded to Age UK West Cumbria (Cumbria)