THE ROYAL UNITED KINGDOM BENEFICENT ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 210729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INDEPENDENT AGE, INDEPENDENTAGE, RUKBA · also registered in Scotland as SC047184 (OSCR)

Our mission is to enable older people to lead independent and fulfilling lives. We do this by providing high quality advice & information services, befriending & support services and campaigning work on behalf of older people.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £7.1 million for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by increased grant-making and fundraising investment. However, strong investment gains of £15.1 million resulted in an overall surplus of £8.0 million, increasing total funds to £174.5 million. The trustees maintain a general fund of £10.0 million, which aligns with their policy of holding one year’s unrestricted expenditure, and have designated substantial reserves to support future grants and fundraising growth.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RSM UK AUDIT LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

• The John Laing Charitable Trust — “We take this opportunity to thank some of the wonderful Trusts and Foundations that very generously support our work and vision: The John La…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £400k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association t/a Independent Age — Deregistered, 3 registered locations.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~7.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 36.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (05/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Guillermo Pablo Donadini
• Helena Rebecca Herklots · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joan Elliott · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joshua Greenspan
• Julia Shelley
• Kate Cavelle
• Mary Bernadette O'Hagan
• Peter Mobbs · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Caroline Glendinning · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Anderson

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 UK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

• AGE UK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE income £4.7m
• AGE UK CROYDON income £2.6m
• AGE UK SOMERSET income £948k
• AGE UK income £131.8m
• AGE CONCERN KINGSTON UPON THAMES income £2.2m
• FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY income £22.0m

Side by side with its peers

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