AGE UK THANET LIMITED

Registered charity 1151398 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing Social opportunities, information and Advice and community services for people over the age of 50 in Thanet. Branded partner of Age UK nationally

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£830k

Latest spending

£754k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £76,170 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £830,204 and expenditure of £754,034. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £480,858 exceed the stated policy target of £300,000, representing between four and six months of direct operating costs. The charity confirms it has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between four and six months of the charity’s direct costs of operation (held: £506k)

“The Trustees have reviewed the reserves of the charity and established a policy under which the unrestricted reserves held by the charity should be between four and six months of the charity’s direct costs of operation. This amounts to £300,000 (2024: £300,000).” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Age UK Thanet (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

£830k

Total spending

£754k

Cost of raising funds

£361

Reserves (reported)

£481k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/05/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

SHIRLEY TOMLINSONchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Jayne Ann Eleanor Prentice-Whitney
Jennifer Caney
Wayne Smith

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£830k	£754k
31/03/2024	£834k	£745k
31/03/2023	£783k	£832k
31/03/2022	£717k	£878k
31/03/2021	£980k	£726k

Common questions

Is AGE UK THANET LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £76,170 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £830,204 and expenditure of £754,034. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £480,858 exceed the stated policy target of £300,000, representing between four and six months of direct operating costs. The charity confirms it has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/04/2015	£102k	Thanet Age UK Intergenerational Project