AGE UK EAST GRINSTEAD & DISTRICT

Registered charity 1127168 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN EAST GRINSTEAD

AGEUKEG and District's area of benefit encompasses the town of East Grinstead and the surrounding villages.It operates four main services:Dementia Respite Services, Day/Activity Centre Services, Holidays and Tripsand a Cafe/Kitchen.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£274k

Latest spending

£351k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £69,630 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income falling to £274,268 from £542,068 in the prior year. Despite this deficit, unrestricted reserves stood at £197,169, which is below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ expenditure (held: £197k)

“It is the charity’s policy to maintain unrestricted reserves equivalent to six months’ 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Age UK East Grinstead & District (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein 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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income

£542k

Total spending

£398k

Cost of raising funds

£35k

Reserves (reported)

£242k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/02/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALYSON CLARE BOWCOTTchair
Alison Mohammed
Christine Mackenzie Ross
George Smith MCAVOY

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£274k	£351k
31/03/2024	£542k	£398k
31/03/2023	£299k	£376k
31/03/2022	£229k	£320k
31/03/2021	£276k	£283k

Common questions

Is AGE UK EAST GRINSTEAD & DISTRICT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £69,630 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income falling to £274,268 from £542,068 in the prior year. Despite this deficit, unrestricted reserves stood at £197,169, which is below the stated policy target of six months' expenditure. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	16/06/2020	£4k	COVID-19 CEF
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/08/2009	£9k	New IT for Increased Elderly Participation for our Administartion