AGE CONCERN TORFAEN

Registered charity 1172466 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN TORFAEN OPERATING AS AGE CONNECTS TORFAEN

Age Connects Torfaen,provides various activities such as Home Services,Befriending ,Day Activities ,Friendship Hubs,on site Bistro , Young Onset Dementia Groupssituated at Widdershins Centre Sebastopol Pontypool Torfaen NP45AB

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£775k
Latest spending
£672k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group recorded an overall surplus of £102,805 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with free reserves (excluding designated funds) totaling £365,705. The trustees report that the charity remains grateful to many organisations for funding and notes that services have performed well despite challenges from the cost of living crisis. Per the trustees' report, the charity relies on a variety of funding sources and faces ongoing pressure on running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Trustee Rory Stratton is employed by an insurance company used by the charity. There is no financial gain to the trustee.
Trustee Rory Stratton is employed by an insurance company used by the charity. There is no financial gain to the trustee. — page 49
A spouse of a member of key management personnel was employed by the charity until December 2023 and earned total employee benefits of £nil (2024: £10,351). — page 49
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: A spouse of a member of key management personnel was employed by the charity until December 2023 and earned total employee benefits of £nil (2024: £10,351).
Trustee Rory Stratton is employed by an insurance company used by the charity. There is no financial gain to the trustee. — page 49
A spouse of a member of key management personnel was employed by the charity until December 2023 and earned total employee benefits of £nil (2024: £10,351). — page 49
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Age Concern Torfaen (Trading) Ltd
The charity holds the entire issued share capital of 1 ordinary share of £1 in Age Concern Torfaen (Trading) Ltd, a company incorporated in England and Wales, company number 05823444. — page 45
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 01/04/2025)

Total income
£775k
Total spending
£672k
Reserves (reported)
£568k
Employees
34

Reported reserves equal ~10.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Torfaen

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/04/2025£775k£672k
01/04/2024£456k£498k
01/04/2023£589k£542k
01/04/2022£414k£494k
01/04/2021£530k£418k

Common questions

Is AGE CONCERN TORFAEN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group recorded an overall surplus of £102,805 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with free reserves (excluding designated funds) totaling £365,705. The trustees report that the charity remains grateful to many organisations for funding and notes that services have performed well despite challenges from the cost of living crisis. Per the trustees' report, the charity relies on a variety of funding sources and faces ongoing pressure on running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/03/2011£603kBefriending Hubs Friends for Life Project