AGE UK BERKSHIRE

Registered charity 1146462 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN BERKSHIRE

The provision of information, support, services and products to improve the wellbeing of all older people in Berkshire, to help to make later life a fulfilling and enjoyable experience for older people in their communities.

Objects

The objects of the Charity are to promote the following purposes for the public benefit within the area of the county of Berkshire: 3.1.1 preventing or relieving the poverty of older people; 3.1.2 advancing education; 3.1.3 preventing or relieving sickness, disease or suffering in older people (whether emotional, mental or physical); 3.1.4 promoting equality and diversity; 3.1.5 promoting the human rights of older people in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; 3.1.6 assisting older people in need by reason of ill-health, disability, financial hardship, social exclusion or other disadvantage; and 3.1.7 such other charitable purposes for the benefit of older people as the Charity trustees from time to time decide

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Reading, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £107,743 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,280,849. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,124,319, of which £854,700 were designated for future planned development, leaving free reserves of £1,267,429. The trustees and auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gibson Whitter Limited. Discloses 4 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Reported reserves equal ~13.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/04/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helena Christine Hughes
• Irwan Anthony Owen
• Jiteshkumar Patel
• Jonathan Ross Shattock
• Roger Ancel Chester
• Sharon Trimby · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen William Foster
• Thomas David Banwell

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• AGE UK BEXLEY income £1.1m
• AGE UK NORTHUMBERLAND income £6.8m
• AGE UK CROYDON income £1.7m
• AGE UK TORBAY income £869k
• AGE UK COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE income £5.6m
• AGE UK HERTFORDSHIRE income £5.5m

Side by side with its peers

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