AGE UK OLDHAM LIMITED

Registered charity 1145196 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN OLDHAM LIMITED

Age UK Oldham operates solely within the boundries of the Oldham Metropolitan Borough for the benefit of older people. The organisation provides direct services and innovative projects directed towards specific needs, provides information and advice and undertakes campaigning work.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.5m
Latest spending
£2.6m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £115,917 for the year, marking a second consecutive year of overspend. The trustees acknowledge that this financial position is difficult and that continued annual overspending cannot be allowed, noting that difficult decisions may be required to assure the continuation of the charity. Despite the deficit, the trustees maintain that reserves are adequate and resources are sufficient to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £668,971 (held: £1.6m)
“The approved policy of the charity is that designated unrestricted funds which have not been restricted for a specific use should be maintained at a level of £668,971.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: George Street Chapel Limited
“These financial statements consolidate the results of the charitable company and its wholly owned trading subsidiary, George Street Chapel Limited.” — page 57
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Chadwick & Company (Manchester) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

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

Total income
£2.5m
Total spending
£2.6m
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
85

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (65% 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).

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

Operates in: Lancashire · Oldham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.5m£2.6m
31/03/2024£2.7m£2.8m
31/03/2023£2.6m£2.5m
31/03/2022£2.4m£2.3m
31/03/2021£2.4m£2.2m

Common questions

Is AGE UK OLDHAM LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £115,917 for the year, marking a second consecutive year of overspend. The trustees acknowledge that this financial position is difficult and that continued annual overspending cannot be allowed, noting that difficult decisions may be required to assure the continuation of the charity. Despite the deficit, the trustees maintain that reserves are adequate and resources are sufficient to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Chadwick & Company (Manchester) Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund31/10/2013£10k"Lest we forget"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/12/2010£1.0m"George Street Chapel Life Stories"
The National Lottery Community Fund25/08/2006£4k'Moveable Feast' Production
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/04/2005£23k"George Street Chapel Living Heritage Centre"

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AGE UK STOCKPORT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AGE UK OLDHAM LIMITED£2.5m—0unclear—no doubt
AGE UK STOCKPORT FY2025£2.1m—0above—no doubt
AGE UK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE FY2025£4.7m——unclear—no doubt
AGE UK EAST LONDON FY2025£3.6m—3above—no doubt
Age UK South Cumbria LTD FY2025£2.0m—0below—no doubt
AGE UK BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt

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