AGE CONNECTS NORTH EAST WALES
Registered charity 1126170 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN NORTH EAST WALES
Promote health & wellbeing of people over 50 and their carers.
Objects
TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH NEW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE IN AND AROUND THE COUNTY OF FLINTSHIRE AND THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF WREXHAM (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT")
Area of benefit: LOCAL
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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Flintshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £7,458 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £684,413 against expenditure of £676,955. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £367,450, which the trustees consider maintains the policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The filing notes that donations were significantly lower than previous years, but reduced employee and energy costs helped achieve the surplus.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months' expenditure (reserves figure: £367k)
“It is the policy of the charitable company that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
- Campaigns and political activity 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
- 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.
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 6
- Government income: £317,224 — contracts £292,142 (2), grants £25,082 (4); 46% of the £684,413 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 6
- Government income: £290,135 — contracts £290,135 (2); 50% of the £579,658 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 10
- Government income: £296,065 — grants £296,065 (3); 55% of the £534,732 total gross income on the same return
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Age Connects North East Wales (matched by registered charity number).
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.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £70k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~8.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- MRS MARJORIE THOMSONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Ann Ledsham
- Elizabeth Ann Ogilvy
- Jennifer Langley
- Paul Richard Harris
- Sara Mogel
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Flintshire · Wrexham
Income and spending
Common questions
Is AGE CONNECTS NORTH EAST WALES financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £7,458 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £684,413 against expenditure of £676,955. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £367,450, which the trustees consider maintains the policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The filing notes that donations were significantly lower than previous years, but reduced employee and energy costs helped achieve the surplus. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds AGE CONNECTS NORTH EAST WALES?
Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE CONNECTS NORTH EAST WALES as a grant recipient include THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED.
Known funders
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