AGE UK BURY

Registered charity 1141901 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Age UK Bury runs services and projects to help older people live independently and enjoy a better quality of life.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity converted a substantial deficit in 2024 to a small surplus in 2025, with total income rising to £781,912 and total expenditure falling to £769,394. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £128,718, which is equivalent to just under five months of running costs, an increase from three months in the previous year. The trustees aim to build reserves to six months of running costs in line with their policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (52% 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: 30.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (08/01/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (08/02/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Mooney
• Christine Brookes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Duncan McCallum Lees
• Patricia Jones-Greenhalgh
• SUSAN HOLT · trustee of 3 other charities
• Sheena Crombie

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

Operates in: Bury

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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