HOURGLASS (SAFER AGEING)

Registered charity 1140543 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACTION ON ELDER ABUSE, HOURGLASS, HOURGLASS (SAFER AGEING) LTD · also registered in Scotland as SC046278 (OSCR)

The charity is a specialist organisation focusing exclusively on issues relating to the abuse of older people. We combine influencing, with the provision of information, and with practical help for older people, care providers and government/other statutory bodies. We provide a helpline and website; media work; training; conferences; membership; project work; and social policy activity.

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Latest income

£2.1m

Latest spending

£1.4m

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £608,700 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 53% to £2,053,096. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,129,318, which is sufficient to meet the stated policy target of holding three months of staffing obligations. The auditor issued an unqualified opinion, confirming the financial statements give a true and fair view.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of staffing obligations (held: £1.1m)

“The revised reserves policy was to hold unrestricted funds to meet all staffing obligations for three months.” — page 55

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Green Chartered Accountants. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hourglass (Safer Ageing) (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Richard Robinson — CEO (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

Churchill Foundation — “The partnership will see the Churchill Foundation donate £200,000 to Hourglass in 2025, along with a commitment to donate a further £200,000…” (source page)

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

Total income

£2.1m

Total spending

£1.4m

Cost of raising funds

£90k

Reserves (reported)

£1.1m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~9.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/04/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrea Nicholas-Jones
Anne-Marie Winton
Daniel Bridges
Dr Gary Jevons
Dr Mary Gabrielle Harrington
Dr Pragya Shukla
IAN DOUGLAS CRANEFIELD · trustee of 1 other charity
Johanna Rachel Morgan · trustee of 1 other charity
Laura Robinson
SIMON PATON STUTTAFORD
Sarah Browne
Sarah Victoria Lock · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Ireland · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.1m	£1.4m
31/03/2024	£1.3m	£1.3m
31/03/2023	£724k	£1.4m
31/03/2022	£729k	£1.5m
31/03/2021	£1.2m	£1.6m

Common questions

Is HOURGLASS (SAFER AGEING) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £608,700 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 53% to £2,053,096. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,129,318, which is sufficient to meet the stated policy target of holding three months of staffing obligations. The auditor issued an unqualified opinion, confirming the financial statements give a true and fair view. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Green Chartered Accountants.

Who funds HOURGLASS (SAFER AGEING)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOURGLASS (SAFER AGEING) as a grant recipient include DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, HALLMARK CARE HOMES FOUNDATION, THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION, THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£50k	General charitable funding
HALLMARK CARE HOMES FOUNDATION	FY2023	£14k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£8k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	FY2025	£7k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	FY2026	£7k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2024	£5k	Other grants
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	FY2025	£5k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2025	£5k
The Patricia Routledge Foundation	FY2025	£4k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
FRIARSGATE TRUST	FY2025	£3k	Care and Welfare
MRS WINGFIELD'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITED	FY2024	£2k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£1k
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUST	FY2024	£500	16.11.23 Hourglass (Safer Ageing)
MRS WINGFIELD'S CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£200
HALLMARK CARE HOMES FOUNDATION	FY2024	£0

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/10/2025	£216k	Safer Ageing Support Service
The National Lottery Community Fund	31/08/2023	£249k	24/7 Hourglass Helpline
Postcode Lottery	31/07/2023	£25k	Unrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/07/2023	£230k	Hourglass Cymru Financial Hubs
Greater London Authority (GLA)	10/03/2023	£96k	Grant to Hourglass
Greater London Authority (GLA)	10/03/2023	£196k	Grant to Hourglass
UK government	01/09/2022	£361k	Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG): Support and Specialist Services
UK government	01/09/2022	£432k	Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG): Support and Specialist Services
The National Lottery Community Fund	31/01/2022	£10k	Safer Ageing Pop-Up Clinics
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/12/2021	£10k	Wales Safer Ageing Pop-Ups
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/12/2021	£10k	Safer Ageing Pop-Up Clinics
UK government	06/07/2021	£50k	Support for Elderly Victims of Domestic Abuse
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/06/2020	£382k	Hourglass: Community Response COVID-19
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/07/2019	£10k	AEA - Empowering communities to become elder abuse aware
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/07/2019	£10k	Elder Abuse Community Empowerment Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/05/2019	£10k	Elder Abuse Recovery Project
UK government	01/04/2019	£50k	Support for Elderly Victims of Domestic Abuse 2019-20
UK government	01/04/2018	£50k	Support for Elderly Victims of Domestic Abuse 2018-19
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/06/2016	£4k	Conference to raise awareness and tackle financial abuse of older peop
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/06/2015	£8k	Financial Abuse Training for professionals working with the elderly.
City Bridge Foundation	12/03/2015	£44k	Grant to Action on Elder Abuse
A B Charitable Trust	27/01/2015	£10k	Supporting victims and addressing the root causes of elder abuse
The National Lottery Community Fund	05/11/2014	£2.0m	AEA - Supporting victims and addressing the root causes of elder abuse
A B Charitable Trust	21/01/2014	£10k	Educate, challenge and prevent elder abuse

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
COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE FOUNDATION	1	£60k
Vivensa Foundation	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AGE CONCERN VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE ELDERLY MERSTHAM, REDHILL AND REIGATE.

AGE CONCERN VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE ELDERLY MERSTHAM, REDHILL AND REIGATE income £183k
CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER LIMITED income £864k
AGE CONCERN IN CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY income £4.7m
AGE UK LEICESTER SHIRE AND RUTLAND LIMITED income £8.1m
CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER TRUST income £861k
MILEN CARE income £137k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HOURGLASS (SAFER AGEING)	£2.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AGE CONCERN VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE ELDERLY MERSTHAM, REDHILL AND REIGATE FY2025	£183k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER LIMITED FY2025	£864k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AGE CONCERN IN CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY FY2025	£4.7m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
AGE UK LEICESTER SHIRE AND RUTLAND LIMITED FY2025	£8.1m	£110,000 - £120,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER TRUST FY2025	£861k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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