OPEN AGE

Registered charity 1160125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are Open Age, the charity empowering all older people in London to stay active, stay curious and stay connected. We are creating an inclusive community for everyone to take part in enjoyable activities, supporting them to meet, move and learn.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a deficit of £246,546, a significant change from the £314,879 surplus reported in the previous year. Despite the deficit, the charity holds unrestricted free cash reserves of £879,579, which the trustees note are sufficient to meet current and future projected activities and maintain financial sustainability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Barnes Roffe Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Open Age (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).

• Suez Recycling and Recovery UK — “Generous Donation from Suez Recycling and Recovery UK” (source page)

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 4.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (13/04/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Eric William KIHLSTROMchair
• Anna Strang
• Charles Bauccio
• Cynthia Bullock
• Hilary Bowker
• Sandra Franklin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Viscountess Marcia Blakenham · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Brent · City Of Westminster · Hammersmith And Fulham · Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

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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).

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 LONDON.

• AGE UK LONDON income £119k
• AGE UK EAST LONDON income £3.6m
• AGE EXCHANGE income £605k
• AGE UK CITY OF LONDON income £129k
• Open City income £1.1m
• AGE UK WESTMINSTER income £870k

Side by side with its peers

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