CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER LIMITED

Registered charity 1160741 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q106412060

THE CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER AIMS TO HELP PEOPLE HAVE A BETTER LATER LIFE BY APPLYING EVIDENCE OF WHAT WORKS & DRIVING CHANGE IN LINE WITH THIS EVIDENCE. WE HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING FROM THE EVIDENCE OF WHAT PEOPLE WANT FOR A BETTER LATER LIFE & A CLEAR ANALYTIC OF WHERE CHANGE IS NEEDED TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE IN KEY DOMAINS OF BETTER HEALTH, BETTER FINANCES, BETTER RELATIONSHIPS & BETTER PLACES.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE RELIEF OF CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF OLDER PEOPLE BY:1. PROMOTING THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE, INCLUDING WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY CONDUCTING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH, AND THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND RESEARCH, ON HEALTH CARE ISSUES RELATED TO AGEING AND ON THE BENEFITS OF THE ADOPTION OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLES;2. THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF POVERTY AMONGST OLDER PEOPLE BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE INCLUDING, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR ADEQUATE FINANCIAL PLANNING IN PREPARATION FOR CESSATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND/OR INDEPENDENT EARNING CAPACITY;3. PROMOTING THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF OLDER PEOPLE, AND PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF OLDER PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE INCLUDING, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY CONDUCTING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH, AND THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND RESEARCH, INTO THE ECONOMIC, SOCIOCULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS WHICH LEAD TO THE ISOLATION AND MARGINALISATION OF OLDER PEOPLE INCLUDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION RELATING TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT, CULTURAL AND LEISURE SERVICES, PUBLIC AMENITIES AND AGE DISCRIMINATION; AND4. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.IN EACH CASE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £5,390,506 for the year, reducing its total net assets from £20,028,494 to £14,637,988. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. The charity holds £14,622,988 in unrestricted funds, including £5 million in designated funds for future operations and closure costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 3 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.

• 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

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08838490

Funders the charity credits

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

• The National Lottery Community Fund — “It is a charitable foundation funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and part of the government’s What Works Network.” (source page)

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.

• GODFREY, John Patrick — director, appointed 19/09/2024on trustee list
• OWEN, Julia Patricia — director, appointed 19/09/2024on trustee list
• BUTCHER, Holly Isabelle — director, appointed 22/04/2024on trustee list
• BUTLER, Steve — director, appointed 22/04/2024not on trustee list
• JOHNSON, Fiona Helen — director, appointed 01/01/2023on trustee list
• CLIFFORD, Alexia — director, appointed 22/09/2022on trustee list
• ERICSON, Elizabeth Jane — director, appointed 28/09/2020on trustee list
• OPPENHEIMER, Daniel Alexander Pasternak — director, appointed 09/03/2020on trustee list
• BLACK, Carol Mary, Professor Dame — director, appointed 01/05/2019on trustee list
• GARNER, Catherine Lizbeth, Dr — director, appointed 01/10/2017not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~28.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (91% 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: 15.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexia Clifford
• Cathy Garner
• Daniel Oppenheimer · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Jane Ericson
• Fiona Johnson
• Holly Butcher
• John Godfrey
• Julia Owen
• Professor Dame Carol Black · trustee of 2 other charities
• Steven Butler

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER TRUST.

• CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER TRUST income £1.1m
• LIFE CENTRAL income £44k
• AGE EXCHANGE income £605k
• THE CENTRE FOR BETTER HEALTH LTD income £611k
• AGE CONCERN LIVERPOOL & SEFTON income £2.2m
• ALIVE BELIEVERS CENTRE income £138k

Side by side with its peers

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