AGE UK EAST LONDON

Registered charity 1144535 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AUKEL

Projects and services for older people and their carers in East London

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.6m
Latest spending
£3.7m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall operating deficit of £41,266 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds decreasing from £1,382,106 to £1,272,278. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains unrestricted free reserves of £1,163,963, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months of budgeted future operating costs (£949,000). The trustees confirm that the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 3
“Three employee on the payroll received remuneration in excess of £60,000 per year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Local authority contracts (54% of income)
“Our largest source of income was local authority contracts, followed by hospital contracts then grants.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
Barts Health NHS TrustHospital to Home Services——
London Borough of NewhamHome and Settle Service——

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

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

Total income
£3.6m
Total spending
£3.7m
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
76

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · City Of London · Hackney · Havering · Newham · Tower Hamlets · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.6m£3.7m
31/03/2024£3.5m£3.3m
31/03/2023£3.3m£3.2m
31/03/2022£3.0m£2.9m
31/03/2021£2.6m£2.2m

Common questions

Is AGE UK EAST LONDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall operating deficit of £41,266 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds decreasing from £1,382,106 to £1,272,278. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains unrestricted free reserves of £1,163,963, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months of budgeted future operating costs (£949,000). The trustees confirm that the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

Who funds AGE UK EAST LONDON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE UK EAST LONDON as a grant recipient include AGE UK, CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON, EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITY, THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
AGE UKFY2022£148kInformation and advice; Health and care; Wellbeing; Support the network
AGE UKFY2023£113kSupporting the network
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTONFY2022£53kOlder People & Housing Programme
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£14kSupport for Older People
ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITYFY2021£10k
ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITYFY2022£10k
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£10kPromotion of COVID Vaccine
ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITYFY2023£10kGrant to organisation
THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£6kHardship Fund
SOUTH HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITYFY2022£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The Mercers' Company10/12/2025£100kGrant to Age UK East London
Hackney Council15/10/2025£95kGrant to Age UK East London
London Borough of Hackney15/10/2025£95kGrant to Age UK East London
City Bridge Foundation31/01/2025£47kGrant to Age UK East London
Hackney Council04/01/2025£114kGrant to Age UK East London
London Borough of Hackney04/01/2025£114kGrant to Age UK East London
Greater London Authority09/09/2024£24kSpeak Up, Sign Up
Hackney Council13/10/2022£130kGrant to Age UK East London
London Borough of Hackney13/10/2022£130kGrant to Age UK East London
London Borough of Hackney21/03/2022£145kGrant to Age UK East London
Hackney Council21/03/2022£145kGrant to Age UK East London
The National Lottery Community Fund07/01/2022£10kGet Moving Again
City Bridge Foundation03/09/2021£139kGrant to Age UK East London
Hackney Council10/12/2020£66kGrant to Age UK East London
London Borough of Hackney10/12/2020£5kGrant to Age UK East London
London Borough of Hackney10/12/2020£66kGrant to Age UK East London
Hackney Council10/12/2020£5kGrant to Age UK East London
London Borough of Hackney10/09/2020£6kGrant to Age UK East London
Hackney Council10/09/2020£6kGrant to Age UK East London
The National Lottery Community Fund26/02/2020£10kIntergenerational skill sharing
The Mercers' Company26/06/2019£146kGrant to Age UK East London
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/02/2019£10k"The Lost Pubs of Bow, East London"
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2018£10kGet Connected
City Bridge Foundation08/09/2017£45kGrant to Age UK East London
The National Lottery Community Fund29/09/2016£4kOur East End : Then And Now

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AGE UK REDBRIDGE, BARKING AND HAVERING LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AGE UK EAST LONDON£3.6m—3above—no doubt
AGE UK REDBRIDGE, BARKING AND HAVERING LTD FY2025£1.2m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
AGE UK LONDON FY2026£119k—0unclear77.2%no doubt
Age UK North Cumbria FY2025£1.1m£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
AGE UK CITY OF LONDON FY2025£129k—0above—material uncertainty
AGE UK BEXLEY FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.