AGE CONCERN, LUTON
Registered charity 200463 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN LUTON
Age Concern Luton provides a wide range of services to meet the different needs of older people and their carers in Luton. This includes home support, gardening service, a visiting scheme, telephone club, home repair scheme, lunch and social clubs, advice and information, enhancing lives scheme, hospital discharge service, advocacy, mental health and dementia drop in sessions.
Objects
TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF LUTON
Area of benefit: BOROUGH OF LUTON
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Luton, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that free reserves at 31 March 2025 were £826,185, representing approximately 12 months of running costs, which is consistent with the trustees' policy of holding nine months' running costs. Although the charity reported a net expenditure for the year, the trustees confirm that resources are adequate and there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: nine months running costs (held: £826k)
“In the opinion of the trustees, the minimum level of unrestricted reserves to be held should be equal to the value of nine months running costs.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HW Bedford Limited. Discloses 5 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
- 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.
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 106
- Government income: £259,620 — contracts £135,275 (1), grants £124,345 (1); 35% of the £739,743 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 200
- Government income: £277,469 — grants £277,469 (2); 28% of the £1,000,289 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 300
- Government income: £485,113 — grants £485,113 (5); 47% of the £1,029,555 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£56k
Reported reserves equal ~11.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% 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: 7.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Dr SIVA PUTHRASINGAMchair
- ANEEL SHARMA
- BPK Shah
- Lana Haslam
- MAXINE BRAHAM
- Soraya Dhillon MBE
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire · Luton
Income and spending
Common questions
Is AGE CONCERN, LUTON financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves at 31 March 2025 were £826,185, representing approximately 12 months of running costs, which is consistent with the trustees' policy of holding nine months' running costs. Although the charity reported a net expenditure for the year, the trustees confirm that resources are adequate and there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HW Bedford Limited.
Who funds AGE CONCERN, LUTON?
Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE CONCERN, LUTON as a grant recipient include BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE AMATEURS TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.
Government & lottery funding
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