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.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE- TIME OCCUPATION FOR OLDER PEOPLE, AGED 50 OR OVER , PARTICULARLY THOSE RESIDENT IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA , AND OTHER LONDON BOROUGHS 2. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT, TO THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 50, RESIDENT IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, AND OTHER LONDON BOROUGHS

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

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

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a deficit of £423,000, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted free reserves to £531,000. Despite this deficit, the trustees and auditors confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, with forecasts indicating sufficient funds to meet liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months. The charity mitigates funding risks by maintaining relationships with statutory partners and implementing income diversification strategies.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Barnes Roffe Audit Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Social media 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)

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.

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

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 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (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 EXCHANGE.

• AGE EXCHANGE income £605k
• AGE UK EAST LONDON income £3.6m
• AGE UK income £131.8m
• AGE UK SHEFFIELD income £2.1m
• AGE UK STOCKPORT income £2.1m
• AGE UK LAMBETH income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

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