AGE UK TUNBRIDGE WELLS

Registered charity 1147675 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Age UK Tunbridge Wells is the new name for Tunbridge Wells Age Concern, the Charity has been working in the borough of Tunbridge Wells since 1948 and currently provides a range of services and support for older local people, including Day Cay, Advocacy, Information and Advice, Home Bathing, Independent Living Support Services, Individual Service Management, Chiropody, Computer and IT, Excercise

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£937k
Latest spending
£951k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £13,613, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £244,136. The trustees consider this level of reserves to be sufficient to maintain stability and safeguard day-to-day services. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, with the trustees expressing reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £170,000 (held: £244k)
“£170K is sufficient and also would currently be sufficient to wind the charity down within 3 months as per the Charity Commission recommendations.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: The accounts were prepared by new accountants following the death of the previous auditor, resulting in a delay: 'As result our AGM will postponed and we are seeking an extension on our filing dates with Comapanies House and the Charity Commission.'
“As result our AGM will postponed and we are seeking an extension on our filing dates with Comapanies House and the Charity Commission.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Age UK Tunbridge Wells — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 13/07/2018.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Total income
£937k
Total spending
£951k
Cost of raising funds
£6k
Reserves (reported)
£244k
Employees
47

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£937k£951k
31/03/2024£878k£904k
31/03/2023£843k£867k
31/03/2022£732k£771k
31/03/2021£912k£733k

Common questions

Is AGE UK TUNBRIDGE WELLS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £13,613, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £244,136. The trustees consider this level of reserves to be sufficient to maintain stability and safeguard day-to-day services. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, with the trustees expressing reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds AGE UK TUNBRIDGE WELLS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE UK TUNBRIDGE WELLS as a grant recipient include THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION, CANTIACORUM FOUNDATION, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, WHITEHEAD MONCKTON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/02/2024£126kPreventing isolation and loneliness in older people