AGE UK BARNSLEY
Registered charity 1144123 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The charity's principle aim is to support and/or improve the quality of life of Barnsley's older population. In carrying out this objective the charity provides support and services, in particular for older people who are disadvantaged through ill health, disability, social exclusion or poverty. The charity also raises awareness of later life issues, influences local provision and campaigns.
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 reported a deficit of £152,447 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to a reduction in grant income. Per the trustees' report, the charity utilized accumulated reserves to fund this deficit, resulting in total reserves of £728,273 at year-end. The trustees maintain 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 core operational expenditure (held: £629k)
“The trustees have taken a risk-based approach and determined that an appropriate level of free reserves to be held is 3 months’ worth of core operational expenditure. This is currently estimated at £190,000” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Age UK Barnsley (Trading) Limited
“Age UK Barnsley (Trading) Limited was dormant for the year ended 31 March 2025 and 31 March 2024 and has no assets and negative £3 reserves.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by BK Plus Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Age UK Barnsley (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Tricia Watters — Chair (source)
- Emily Hall — Head of Operations – Services (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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£256k
Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% 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: 23.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (08/06/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- PATRICIA WATTERSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Cllr Robert Frost
- Colin Charlesworth
- Gillian Grainger
- Ian Reginald North
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Barnsley
Income and spending
Common questions
Is AGE UK BARNSLEY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £152,447 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to a reduction in grant income. Per the trustees' report, the charity utilized accumulated reserves to fund this deficit, resulting in total reserves of £728,273 at year-end. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BK Plus Audit Limited.
Who funds AGE UK BARNSLEY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE UK BARNSLEY as a grant recipient include AGE UK, THE NORTHERN POWERGRID FOUNDATION, MARJORIE COOTE OLD PEOPLES CHARITY FUND.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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