AGE UK LEWISHAM AND SOUTHWARK

Registered charity 296862 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE CONCERN LEWISHAM, AGE CONCERN LEWISHAM AND SOUTHWARK LIMITED, AGE CONCERN SOUTHWARK

Age UK Lewisham and Southwark aims to empower and enable older people to lead fulfilled lives. We do this by: - Providing services and support to address poverty and isolation - Connecting older people with their communities - Promoting health and wellbeing - Working positively with partners

Objects

The Objects for which the Charity (the “Objects”) is established and to which it is specifically restricted are to 4.1. promote the following purposes for the benefit of the public and/or older people in and around Lewisham and Southwark:4.1.1 preventing or relieving the poverty of older people;4.1.2 advancing education;4.1.3 preventing or relieving sickness, disease or suffering in older people (whether emotional, mental or physical);4.1.4 promoting equality and diversity;4.1.5 promoting the human rights of older people in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;4.1.6 assisting older people in need by reason of ill-health, disability, financial hardship, social exclusion or other disadvantage;4.1.7 helping families and carers of older people;4.1.8 working with statutory and voluntary agencies; and4.1.9 such other charitable purposes for the benefit of older people as the Trustees may from time to time decide4.2 At the discretion of the charity trustees, to promote the relief of adults in need by reason of ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage where engagement in such activity is considered complementary to the charity’s primary purpose.

Area of benefit: LEWISHAM AND SOUTHWARK

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £125,336 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted reserves from £887,766 to £762,430. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm that reserves remain above their stated policy target range of £676,000 to £901,000, and there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 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
• 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.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02118525

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Age UK Lewisham & Southwark (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• UYANNA, Chinasa James Okwudili — director, appointed 19/01/2026on trustee list
• ES, Romy Van — director, appointed 22/03/2024on trustee list
• GRANGER, Philippe — director, appointed 16/11/2023on trustee list
• KING, Katherine — director, appointed 16/11/2023on trustee list
• THAWER, Shelina — director, appointed 16/11/2023on trustee list
• PRICE, Christopher John — secretary, appointed 04/12/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

CQC provider record: Age UK Lewisham And Southwark Ltd — Deregistered, 2 registered locations, last inspected 18/11/2011.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (76% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (16/11/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (16/11/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chinasa Uyanna
• Katherine King
• Marcia Purnell
• Paul Ward
• Philippe Albert Granger · trustee of 1 other charity
• Romy Van Es
• Shelina Thawer

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

Operates in: Lewisham · Southwark

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Age UK Lincolnshire.

• Age UK Lincolnshire income £5.1m
• AGE UK income £131.8m
• AGE UK LAMBETH income £3.1m
• AGE UK LINDSEY income £1.3m
• AGE UK LANCASHIRE income £5.4m
• AGE UK WILTSHIRE income £3.3m

Side by side with its peers

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