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..

Objects

PREVENTING OR RELIEVING THE POVERTY OF OLDER PEOPLE; ADVANCING EDUCATION; PREVENTING OR RELIEVING SICKNESS, DISEASE OR SUFFERING IN OLDER PEOPLE (WHETHER EMOTIONAL, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL);PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; ASSISTING OLDER PEOPLE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SOCIAL EXCLUSION OR OTHER DISADVANTAGESUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OLDER PEOPLE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE, THE OUTCOME OF THIS BEING THE PROMOTION OF THE WELL-BEING OF OLDER PEOPLE.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

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

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
• 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

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

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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