AGE CONCERN CHESTERFIELD AND DISTRICT

Registered charity 1143993 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BrightLife, NO

A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION WORKING FOR OLDER PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, SERVICES AND SUPPORT AND BY TACKLING ISSUES THAT AFFECT OLDER PEOPLE IN CHESTERFIELD, NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE AND BOLSOVER DISTRICT COUNCIL AREAS..

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£34k

Latest spending

£36k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £45,135 at the end of the financial year, which the trustees deemed adequate to meet their policy target of holding reserves sufficient to function for three months. The net movement in funds was a decrease of £1,597, driven by a net reduction in restricted funds despite an increase in unrestricted funds. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £45k)

“The Trustees have deemed it prudent to hold reserves sufficient to enable the charity to function for 3 months in the absence of any incoming funds.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (19/08/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Ann Catherine Monk
Mark John Bates
Samual Davies

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£34k	£36k
31/03/2024	£47k	£56k
31/03/2023	£58k	£52k
31/03/2022	£26k	£31k
31/03/2021	£38k	£42k

Common questions

Is AGE CONCERN CHESTERFIELD AND DISTRICT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £45,135 at the end of the financial year, which the trustees deemed adequate to meet their policy target of holding reserves sufficient to function for three months. The net movement in funds was a decrease of £1,597, driven by a net reduction in restricted funds despite an increase in unrestricted funds. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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	11/11/2022	£10k	Telephone Befriending Support Service
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/02/2019	£10k	Care Line
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/02/2019	£86k	Active Age