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.

Objects

1 PREVENTING OR RELIEVING THE POVERTY OF OLDER PEOPLE2 ADVANCING EDUCATION3 PREVENTING OR RELIEVING SICKNESS, DISEASE OR SUFFERING IN OLDER PEOPLE (WHETHER EMOTIONAL, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL)4 PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY5 PROMOTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF OLDER PEOPLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS6 ASSISTING OLDER PEOPLE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SOCIAL EXCLUSION OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; AND7 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OLDER PEOPLE AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, THROUGHOUT ENGLAND.

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 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

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of AGE UK SITTINGBOURNE (charity 282136) — merger registered 01/04/2014.

Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).

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 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £184k)

“£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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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)

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: 12,921
Government income: £80,000 — grants £80,000 (1); under 1% of the £131,786,000 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 93 (£60,001–£70,000: 40; £70,001–£80,000: 24; £80,001–£90,000: 11; £90,001–£100,000: 3; £100,001–£110,000: 5; £110,001–£120,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 5; £140,001–£150,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 1; £250,001–£300,000: 2)
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 9,708
Government income: £80,959 — contracts £959 (1), grants £80,000 (1); under 1% of the £121,698,000 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 74 (£60,001–£70,000: 33; £70,001–£80,000: 19; £80,001–£90,000: 8; £90,001–£100,000: 3; £100,001–£110,000: 3; £110,001–£120,000: 3; £120,001–£130,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 2; £200,001–£250,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

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

Volunteers: 9,274
Government income: £2,390,038 — contracts £11,038 (2), grants £2,379,000 (9); 2% of the £123,225,000 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 57 (£60,001–£70,000: 24; £70,001–£80,000: 13; £80,001–£90,000: 5; £90,001–£100,000: 6; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 3; £130,001–£140,000: 2; £150,001–£200,000: 2; £200,001–£250,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 06825798 · Financial health read from its filings

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)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

WADE-GERY, Laura Katharine — director, appointed 06/10/2026on trustee list
KHERAJ, Nilufer — director, appointed 02/06/2026on trustee list
SMYTH, Oonagh — director, appointed 01/06/2026on trustee list
RICE, Helen Laura — director, appointed 01/10/2024on trustee list
THOMAS, Lynda Margaret — director, appointed 13/02/2023on trustee list
BURSTIN, Nicholas Ernest — director, appointed 28/09/2022on trustee list
STRAUSS, Toby Emil — director, appointed 04/01/2022on trustee list
MCNALLY, Dawn — director, appointed 17/11/2021on trustee list
FREEMAN, Jackie, Dr — director, appointed 26/05/2021on trustee list
COLE, Carol Winifred — director, appointed 26/11/2020on trustee list
SHUBHABRATA, Roy — director, appointed 26/11/2020on trustee list
SCOTT, Julia — director, appointed 26/11/2020on trustee list
ABELES, Eva — secretary, appointed 11/06/2026

Official officers record.

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	—	—
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust	Social Prescribing Link Worker for the Lambeth Ageing Well Integrated Neighbourhood Team	—	—

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 2.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/10/2026) — 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 (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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Toby Emil Strausschair
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
Laura Wade-Gery · trustee of 1 other charity
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, THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, Rothesay Foundation.

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.

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
Laura Wade-Gery — 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
THE LONDON MARATHON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	FY2025	£2.0m	Grant Period: Jan 2026 – Sept 2028 The funding is engaging and supporting at least 8,000 older people across 10 locations in England and Wales to get active.
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
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£400k
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	Unverified read£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
STEPHEN TAYLOR FOUNDATION	FY2021	£150k
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
THE VIOLET TRUST	FY2025	£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)
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	FY2025	£70k
COVENTRY BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£70k	Direct charitable expenditure
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	FY2023	£70k
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	FY2024	£70k
COVENTRY BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£65k	Direct charitable expenditure
AGE UK	FY2024	£64k	Wellbeing
EDITH MURPHY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£60k	Research
WHEELER MILL FOUNDATION	FY2025	Unverified read£59k
AGE UK	FY2024	£59k	Health & Care
AGE UK	FY2024	£58k	Health & Care
AGE UK	FY2024	£58k	Wellbeing
AGE UK	FY2024	£56k	Wellbeing
The Keith Howard Foundation	FY2023	Unverified read£55k
AGE UK	FY2024	£55k	Wellbeing
THE PENNIES FOUNDATION	FY2023	Unverified read£52k
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION	FY2021	£50k
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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	2	£122k
THE EQUILIBRIUM FOUNDATION	1	£205k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£80k
CLARK FOUNDATION	1	£70k
THE NANI HUYU CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£66k
MARJORIE COOTE OLD PEOPLES CHARITY FUND	1	£36k
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY	1	£20k
THE NORTHERN POWERGRID FOUNDATION	1	£20k

Charities like this

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

AGE UK TORBAY income £869k
AGE UK TAMESIDE income £630k
AGE UK BARNSLEY income £1.1m
AGE UK SOMERSET income £948k
AGE UK STOCKPORT income £2.1m
AGE UK LEWISHAM AND SOUTHWARK income £2.6m

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 TORBAY FY2025	£869k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AGE UK TAMESIDE FY2025	£630k	—	0	below	—	noted
AGE UK BARNSLEY FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AGE UK SOMERSET FY2025	£948k	Over £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
AGE UK STOCKPORT FY2025	£2.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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