AGE UK BARROW AND DISTRICT LIMITED

Registered charity 1149975 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE UK BARROW AND DISTRICT

Age UK Barrow and District will work with and for older people to provide a wide range of quality services and activities. It is dedicated to improving and maintaining this aim. Age UK B& D aims to be an effective organisation that listens to, and is influenced by, its users and the wider community. It will work towards the removal of age as a barrier to opportunity and choice for all.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY (THE "OBJECTS") IS ESTABLISHED AND TO WHICH IT IS SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED ARE TO PROMOTE THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND/OR OLDER PEOPLE IN AND AROUND CUMBRIA ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT"):1) PREVENTING OR RELIEVING THE POVERTY OF OLDER PEOPLE;2) ADVANCING EDUCATION;3) PREVENTING OR RELIEVING SICKNESS, DISEASE OR SUFFERING IN OLDER PEOPLE (WHETHER EMOTIONAL, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL);4) PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;5) ASSISTING OLDER PEOPLE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SOCIAL EXCLUSION OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; AND 6) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OLDER PEOPLE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE THE OUTCOME OF THIS BEING THE PROMOTION OF THE WELL-BEING OF OLDER PEOPLE

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

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

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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
• 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (73% 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: 33.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (05/12/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (08/01/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (06/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Cumbria

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