AGE UK CITY OF LONDON

Registered charity 1158981 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN CITY OF LONDON

The trustees agreed that the principle areas of focus of the Charity are :-- to support direct service provision both itself and through connections with Age Concerns/ Age UK?s in neighbouring London boroughs- to fundraise to support services for older people in London- to act as an oversight and co-ordination body for Age Concerns/Age UK services delivered in the City of London

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ("THE OBJECTS") 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 THE CITY OF LONDON:(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 charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£129k
Latest spending
£95k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £33,796 on total income of £129,110, with total reserves increasing to £64,192. However, the trustees report a material uncertainty regarding going concern due to pending fundraising applications, noting that the funding environment remains challenging and competitive.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' expenditure (held: £53k)
“The Trustees consider that general reserves should represent at least three months’ expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
“After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees consider there is a material uncertainty regarding going concern as the Charity has several fundraising applications in progress for which the outcome will not be known until after the date of approval of these financial statements.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Management fee charged by parent charity Age UK Camden.
“Age UK Camden, the parent charity, charged Age UK City of London a management fee of £15,600 (2024: £15,144). They also recharged the salary cost of a number of employees who supported the projects of the Charity throughout the year, and for the year ended 31 March 2025 this charge totalled £17,347 (2024: £16,025). As the balance sheet date, the Charity owed an amount of £3,740 (2024: £22,108 owed from) to Age UK Camden.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 22
  • Government income: £108,980 — grants £108,980 (2); 84% of the £129,110 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £50,676 — grants £50,676 (2); 51% of the £100,088 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £31,022 — grants £31,022 (1); 54% of the £57,430 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 03/03/2023, 31 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Age UK City of London (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£129k£95k
31/03/2024£100k£87k
31/03/2023£57k£57k
31/03/2022£36k£44k
31/03/2021£76k£72k

Common questions

Is AGE UK CITY OF LONDON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £33,796 on total income of £129,110, with total reserves increasing to £64,192. However, the trustees report a material uncertainty regarding going concern due to pending fundraising applications, noting that the funding environment remains challenging and competitive. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds AGE UK CITY OF LONDON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE UK CITY OF LONDON as a grant recipient include ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITY, BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITYFY2023£19kGrant to organisation
ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITYFY2022£10k
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONFY2025£2kDigital engagement project for this local branch of Age UK improving the lives of older people.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund02/10/2025£18kEmpowered and Engagement
Sport England19/01/2024£9kGet Moving Keep Moving
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2022£9kCity Well
The National Lottery Community Fund05/08/2015£10kCity Volunteers

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AGE UK CITY OF LONDON£129k—0above—material uncertainty
AGE UK FY2025£131.8m£280,001 - £290,000—within—no doubt
Age UK Enfield FY2025£2.0m—0below—no doubt
AGE UK LONDON FY2026£119k—0unclear77.2%no doubt
AGE UK RICHMOND UPON THAMES FY2025£2.4m——above—no doubt
AGE UK LEEDS FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt

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