AGE UK

Registered charity 1128267 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Age UK aims to create a world where older people can live their lives free from poverty, isolation and neglect. It raises awareness of issues affecting older people in the UK and overseas, researches and campaigns for changes in policy and practice, and offers practical support to disadvantaged older people. It is funded by individuals, companies and trusts.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£131.8m

Latest spending

£135.1m

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Age UK reported an operating deficit of £3.2 million for the year, driven by increased charitable expenditure and rising retail costs. However, the trustees confirm the charity remains within its target free reserves range of £30 million to £40 million, with actual free reserves at £35.0 million, and maintains a going concern basis until at least March 2027.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £280,001 - £290,000 — above the median for charities its size (£180k)

“£280,001 - £290,000 1.0 - 1.0”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 3-4 months’ income in free reserves (held: £35.0m)

“Applying this principle, Age UK has a target free reserves range of £30 million to £40 million.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant to Age UK Bath and North East Somerset

“A grant of £66,599 (2024: £33,675) was awarded to Age UK Bath and North East Somerset where our Trustee Roy Shubhabrata is a director.” — page 120

“A grant of £25,375 (2024: £62,556) was awarded to Age UK North Tyneside where our Trustee Dawn McNally is Chief Executive.” — page 120

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant to Age UK North Tyneside

“A grant of £66,599 (2024: £33,675) was awarded to Age UK Bath and North East Somerset where our Trustee Roy Shubhabrata is a director.” — page 120

“A grant of £25,375 (2024: £62,556) was awarded to Age UK North Tyneside where our Trustee Dawn McNally is Chief Executive.” — page 120

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant to Age UK West Sussex, Brighton and Hove

“A grant of £66,599 (2024: £33,675) was awarded to Age UK Bath and North East Somerset where our Trustee Roy Shubhabrata is a director.” — page 120

“A grant of £25,375 (2024: £62,556) was awarded to Age UK North Tyneside where our Trustee Dawn McNally is Chief Executive.” — page 120

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Emanuel Hospital Charity — “Trusts and Foundations Emanuel Hospital Charity” (source page)

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.

Buyer	Contract	Awarded	Value
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	Provision of Social Prescribers	—	—
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board	Live Life Social Prescribing	—	—
NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board	Hospital Aftercare Service	—	—

UK research funding (UKRI Gateway to Research)

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

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

Benefits Team Manager — £35632 - £39383 per annum · Multiple Locations (Hybrid) · posted 1 week ago (seen 21/08/2026)
Store Manager — £23,550.80 - £26,244.40 per annum · Reading (On-site) · posted 2 days ago (seen 21/08/2026)

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

Total income

£131.8m

Total spending

£135.1m

Cost of raising funds

£14.1m

Reserves (reported)

£35.0m

Employees

1,317

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (05/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (08/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (23/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (14/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (26/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Toby Emil Strausschair
ANDREW MICHAEL MORLEY DIXON
Dawn McNally · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Carol Winifred Cole · trustee of 1 other charity
Helen Rice · trustee of 1 other charity
Jackie Freeman · trustee of 1 other charity
Julia Scott
Lynda Thomas
Nick Ernest Burstin
Nilufer Kheraj · trustee of 1 other charity
Oonagh Smyth
Roy Shubhabrata · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Burma · Colombia · Ethiopia · Haiti · India · Jordan · Kenya · Kyrgyzstan · Lebanon · Mozambique · Nepal

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£131.8m	£135.1m
31/03/2024	£121.7m	£128.1m
31/03/2023	£123.2m	£130.5m
31/03/2022	£126.0m	£115.3m
31/03/2021	£127.1m	£125.1m

Common questions

Is AGE UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Age UK reported an operating deficit of £3.2 million for the year, driven by increased charitable expenditure and rising retail costs. However, the trustees confirm the charity remains within its target free reserves range of £30 million to £40 million, with actual free reserves at £35.0 million, and maintains a going concern basis until at least March 2027. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of AGE UK earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £280,001 - £290,000 band.

Who funds AGE UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE UK as a grant recipient include AGE UK, THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST, Rothesay Foundation, Sussex Community NHS Charity.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

ANDREW MICHAEL MORLEY DIXON — trustee here and at AGE UK
Dawn McNally — trustee here and at AGE UK
Dr Carol Winifred Cole — trustee here and at AGE UK
Helen Rice — trustee here and at AGE UK
Jackie Freeman — trustee here and at AGE UK
Julia Scott — trustee here and at AGE UK
Lynda Thomas — trustee here and at AGE UK
Nick Ernest Burstin — trustee here and at AGE UK
Nilufer Kheraj — trustee here and at AGE UK
Oonagh Smyth — trustee here and at AGE UK

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
AGE UK	FY2024	£15.6m	International
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2.7m	Relief of those in need
AGE UK	FY2024	£2.6m	Wellbeing
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST	FY2025	£2.3m	‘Gift of Friendship’ Project - Tackling older people’s loneliness and isolation
Rothesay Foundation	FY2025	£1.3m	benefits check service
AGE UK	FY2024	£730k	Wellbeing
Rothesay Foundation	FY2024	£642k	Benefits check service
AGE UK	FY2024	£597k	Campaigns & Research
AGE UK	FY2024	£489k	Wellbeing
AGE UK	FY2024	£458k	Wellbeing
Rothesay Foundation	FY2023	£372k	benefits checks
Sussex Community NHS Charity	FY2025	£295k	Funding for a contract with Age UK to provide Community Link Workers
AGE UK	FY2024	£292k	Wellbeing
DEVELOPMENTS IN LITERACY UK (UK)	FY2023	£250k	Supporting older people
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION	FY2021	£200k	Grant to institution
AGE UK	FY2024	£189k	Wellbeing
AGE UK	FY2024	£177k	Wellbeing
AGE UK	FY2024	£176k	Wellbeing
Sussex Community NHS Charity	FY2024	£135k	Community Link Workers
AGE UK	FY2024	£127k	Wellbeing
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION	FY2022	£124k
AGE UK	FY2024	£106k	Wellbeing
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£100k
AKO FOUNDATION	FY2023	£96k	Age UK
AGE UK	FY2024	£93k	Health & Care
AGE UK	FY2024	£77k	Health & Care
AGE UK	FY2024	£75k	Health & Care
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION	FY2021	£75k	Disconnected Mind Clinical Research Phase 4 (last of 3 grants)
COVENTRY BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£70k	Direct charitable expenditure
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	FY2024	£70k
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	FY2023	£70k
COVENTRY BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£65k	Direct charitable expenditure
AGE UK	FY2024	£64k	Wellbeing
EDITH MURPHY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£60k	Research
AGE UK	FY2024	£59k	Health & Care
WHEELER MILL FOUNDATION	FY2025	£59k
AGE UK	FY2024	£58k	Health & Care
AGE UK	FY2024	£58k	Wellbeing
AGE UK	FY2024	£56k	Wellbeing
AGE UK	FY2024	£55k	Wellbeing
The Keith Howard Foundation	FY2023	£55k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION	FY2023	£52k
COVENTRY BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2021	£50k	Direct charitable expenditure
THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES CHARITY	FY2023	£48k	Promote Independence and Protect Dignity Programme
AGE UK	FY2024	£48k	Wellbeing
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2022	£45k
AGE UK	FY2024	£41k	Health & Care
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	FY2023	£40k
FRAZER TRUST	FY2023	£39k	Children
ZURICH COMMUNITY TRUST (UK) LIMITED	FY2022	£38k	Local Partnership

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	04/08/2025	£8.0m	We are Undefeatable
UK government	10/02/2023	£33k	Covenant Fund
UK government	31/01/2023	£50k	Age UK
Sport England	05/04/2022	£520k	System Partner Investment 2022-27
Sport England	01/04/2022	£11.4m	Long Term Condition Campaign Phase 3 onwards
UK government	01/04/2022	£547k	Lonliness Fund
Birmingham City Council	26/07/2021	£3k	Gardening Service
Birmingham City Council	26/07/2021	£3k	Gardening Service
Sport England	10/05/2021	£250k	COVID-19 Tackling Inequalities Fund
UK government	02/04/2021	£80k	Health and Wellbeing Alliance
Sport England	18/01/2021	£4.0m	Long Term Condition Campaign Phase 3
Sport England	27/05/2020	£5.2m	Long Term Condition Campaign Phase 3
Sport England	28/02/2020	£400k	Age UK and Walking Football
The Mercers' Company	30/01/2020	£100k	Grant to Age UK
Sport England	28/01/2020	£2.0m	Long Term Condition Campaign Phase 3
Sport England	15/07/2019	£3.0m	Long Term Condition Campaign Phase 3
Sport England	03/05/2019	£80k	Richmond Group Physical Activity capacity building
Sport England	08/04/2019	£1.9m	Long Term Condition Campaign Phase 1 and 2
Sport England	14/06/2018	£140k	RG Physical Activity Project
Sport England	23/05/2018	£96k	RG Physical Activity Project
London Borough of Southwark	01/04/2018	£212k	Grant to Age UK
City Bridge Foundation	15/06/2017	£324k	Grant to Age UK
London Borough of Southwark	01/04/2017	£212k	Grant to Age UK
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/11/2015	£750k	Age UK Integrated Care Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/09/2015	£438k	One Digital

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MARJORIE COOTE OLD PEOPLES CHARITY FUND	2	£103k
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST	1	£99k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£80k
CLARK FOUNDATION	1	£70k
THE NANI HUYU CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£66k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	1	£60k
Fuel Bank Foundation	1	£54k
THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£22k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AGE UK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

AGE UK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE income £4.7m
AGE UK LEWISHAM AND SOUTHWARK income £2.6m
AGE UK BARNSLEY income £1.1m
Age UK South Cumbria LTD income £2.0m
AGE UK DONCASTER income £1.6m
AGE UK SHEFFIELD income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AGE UK	£131.8m	£280,001 - £290,000	—	within	—	no doubt
AGE UK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE FY2025	£4.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AGE UK LEWISHAM AND SOUTHWARK FY2025	£2.6m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
AGE UK BARNSLEY FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Age UK South Cumbria LTD FY2025	£2.0m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
AGE UK DONCASTER FY2025	£1.6m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt

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