AGE CYMRU GWENT

Registered charity 1155903 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE CHARITY PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF DIRECT SUPPORT SERVICES TO OLDER PEOPLE THROUGHOUT GWENT TO PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE ADVOCACY; INFORMATION AND ADVICE; DIGITAL PROJECT;HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; COMMUNITY SUPPORT; RESPITE CARE; CARERS PROJECT AND ROBINS WARD SERVICE. THE CHARITY ALSO OFFERS A HOME SUPPORT SERVICE AND LATER LIFE PLANNING SERVICES.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.9m

Latest spending

£1.9m

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity concluded the year with a reduced deficit of £6,911, having managed expenditure prudently despite rising costs. Per the trustees' report, free reserves at year-end totaled £770,861, which exceeded the policy target of £457,800, allowing the Board to designate specific funds for future commitments while maintaining adequate unrestricted reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £457,800 (held: £771k)

“The Trustees agreed the level of reserves be set at £457.8K as this was established as an appropriate amount to ensure an allowance for any potential redundancy liabilities, the defined pension liability, and any further contractual obligations.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Age Cymru Gwent (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

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

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

Total income

£1.9m

Total spending

£1.9m

Reserves (reported)

£771k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Mitchell
CLIFFORD EDWARDS
Joanne Absalom
John William Metcalfe
Nicholas Steven Haynes
Wendy Matthews · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Caerphilly · Monmouthshire · Newport City · Torfaen

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.9m	£1.9m
31/03/2024	£1.8m	£1.8m
31/03/2023	£1.6m	£1.7m
31/03/2022	£1.7m	£1.8m
31/03/2021	£1.6m	£1.5m

Common questions

Is AGE CYMRU GWENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Charity concluded the year with a reduced deficit of £6,911, having managed expenditure prudently despite rising costs. Per the trustees' report, free reserves at year-end totaled £770,861, which exceeded the policy target of £457,800, allowing the Board to designate specific funds for future commitments while maintaining adequate unrestricted reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Menzies LLP.

Who funds AGE CYMRU GWENT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE CYMRU GWENT as a grant recipient include AGE UK.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
AGE UK	FY2022	£241k	Information and advice; Health and care; Wellbeing; Support the network
AGE UK	FY2025	£229k	Impactful Services, Poverty & Inequality, Health & Care

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION	2	£759k
MOTABILITY	1	£4.5m
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£185k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	1	£10k
GAS SAFE CHARITY	1	£5k
THE MARY HOMFRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AGE CYMRU GWYNEDD A MON.

AGE CYMRU GWYNEDD A MON income £1.0m
AGE CYMRU income £2.8m
AGE CYMRU DYFED income £2.0m
GWASANAETH ADFOCATIAETH A CHYNGHORI GOGLEDD CYMRU' income £371k
CARE & REPAIR CYMRU 2015 income £2.8m
GISDA CYFYNGEDIG / ARFON YOUNG SINGLE HOMELESS GROUP income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AGE CYMRU GWENT	£1.9m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
AGE CYMRU GWYNEDD A MON FY2025	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AGE CYMRU FY2025	£2.8m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
AGE CYMRU DYFED FY2025	£2.0m	£70,001 - £80,000	1	within	—	no doubt
GWASANAETH ADFOCATIAETH A CHYNGHORI GOGLEDD CYMRU' FY2025	£371k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CARE & REPAIR CYMRU 2015 FY2025	£2.8m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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