AGE CONCERN TWYFORD & DISTRICT

Registered charity 1163722 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Senior Social Club for people 55 and over, Lunch club. Anything for the benefit of the elderly in the six parishes of our area.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£253k

Latest spending

£255k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall excess of expenditure over revenue of £2,660 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted general reserves of £111,165, which is below its stated policy target of keeping six months of running costs in reserve. The charity relies heavily on local community donations and grants to supplement income that does not cover the full cost of running the centre.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“There were no staff with aggregate emoluments exceeding £60,000.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months running costs (held: £111k)

“ACTD has decided that it should keep six months running costs in reserve, in the event of the organisation having to be wound up, to allow for a proper running down.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Age Concern Twyford and District (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).

David Brownlow Charitable Foundation — “We're grateful for the continued support from the David Brownlow Charitable Foundation. They help support our outreach programme to bring in…” (source page)
Wokingham United Charities — “Wokingham United Charities - for supporting us through their Winter Hardship Fund” (source page)

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Nicholas George Crowsonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Alexander Charles Barfield Barfield
Andrew Felton
Jeremy Hinds
Natalie Yalden

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

Operates in: Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£253k	£255k
31/03/2024	£206k	£193k
31/03/2023	£160k	£162k
31/03/2022	£119k	£137k
31/03/2021	£49k	£49k

Common questions

Is AGE CONCERN TWYFORD & DISTRICT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall excess of expenditure over revenue of £2,660 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted general reserves of £111,165, which is below its stated policy target of keeping six months of running costs in reserve. The charity relies heavily on local community donations and grants to supplement income that does not cover the full cost of running the centre. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of AGE CONCERN TWYFORD & DISTRICT earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds AGE CONCERN TWYFORD & DISTRICT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE CONCERN TWYFORD & DISTRICT as a grant recipient include THE DAVID BROWNLOW CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SONNING.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DAVID BROWNLOW CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k	Local Donations
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SONNING	FY2022	£750
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SONNING	FY2021	£750	Donations made during 2021

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
AGE UK	2	£788k
THE VICTORIA FOUNDATION	1	£119k
Richmond Foundation	1	£86k
THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON'S CHARITY	1	£60k
NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£25k
THE DU BROW CHARITY	1	£10k
THE R C SNELLING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TWYFORD AND RUSCOMBE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (THE PENN FOUNDATION).

TWYFORD AND RUSCOMBE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (THE PENN FOUNDATION) income £149k
AGE CONCERN WANDSWORTH income £1.8m
AGE CONCERN (AGE UK) ASHFORD LTD income £1.6m
TWYFORD SCHOOL income £8.9m
AGE CONCERN CREDITON income £158k
TWYN COMMUNITY HUB income £134k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AGE CONCERN TWYFORD & DISTRICT	£253k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TWYFORD AND RUSCOMBE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (THE PENN FOUNDATION) FY2025	£149k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AGE CONCERN WANDSWORTH FY2025	£1.8m	£120,001 - £130,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
AGE CONCERN (AGE UK) ASHFORD LTD FY2025	£1.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TWYFORD SCHOOL FY2025	£8.9m	£130,001 - £140,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AGE CONCERN CREDITON FY2025	£158k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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