Age Well East Ltd

Registered charity 1142414 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN COLCHESTER, AGE UK COLCHESTER, Age Concern Colchester & North East Essex

Services for the general public and / or older people living in Essex and Suffolk. The services offered are: advice and support with claiming benefits, care, consumer, energy, advocacy and information: social clubs and friendship activity: mental health support, emotional support, end of life, bereavement and dementia support.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £63,557, which was covered by its reserves, resulting in a reduction of free reserves to £27,491. The trustees report that the charity has achieved short to medium-term sustainability and has sufficient resources to continue operating for at least the next 12 months. However, the charity notes that cost-saving measures have limited scope for further significant reductions and that rebuilding reserves remains a key priority.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07517777

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

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.

• JONES, Cheryl Teresa — director, appointed 17/12/2025on trustee list
• BLAIR, Nicola Jane — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Dawn — director, appointed 01/09/2025on trustee list
• CARRUTHERS, Stephen — director, appointed 19/11/2024on trustee list
• MCCULLAGH, Emma Louise Lynn — director, appointed 02/05/2023on trustee list
• SINGH, Tribhuwan Prasad Bidyasagar — director, appointed 22/11/2021on trustee list
• ANDREWS, Christopher James — director, appointed 08/12/2017not on trustee list
• ANDREWS, Christopher James — secretary, appointed 22/01/2018

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/05/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (03/08/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cheryl Teresa Jones
• Chris Andrews
• Dawn Taylor
• Emma Louise Lynn McCullagh
• Nicola Jane Blair
• Stephen Carruthers · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tribhuwan Prasad Bidyasagar Singh

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

Operates in: Essex · Suffolk

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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