AGE CONCERN KINGSTON UPON THAMES

Registered charity 299988 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MALDEN AND COOMBE OLD PEOPLE'S WELFARE ASSOCIATION, STAYWELL

Practical support to enable older people to live safely and independently in their own homes. Day services; Information and Advice; Community Team; Community Connectors (social prescribing) service; Befriending & social engagement; Handyperson service; Help at Home service; Dementia support; Community Furniture; Proactive Anticipatory Care; Peer Support for People with Severe Mental Illness.

Objects

THE ORGANISATION’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE;(2) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kingston upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £19,003 for the year ended 31 March 2026, following a deficit before investment gains of £63,381 which was offset by investment gains of £82,384. Total unrestricted funds stood at £4,933,603, providing a substantial reserve base relative to the annual income of £1.99 million. The trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, citing adequate resources and a prudent reserves policy to mitigate risks such as reductions in contractual income.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hartley Fowler LLP. 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.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Anne Bren — Deputy Chief Executive (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~29.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/11/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert Philipp Phillipschair
• Dr Deborah Stinson
• Dr Jane Celia Hopton D'Souza
• ELIZABETH AITCHISON
• Helen Pyecroft
• Richard Bailey

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Thames · Surrey

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 CONCERN LIVERPOOL & SEFTON.

• AGE CONCERN LIVERPOOL & SEFTON income £2.2m
• AGE CONCERN HAMPSHIRE income £1.8m
• AGE CONCERN READING income £295k
• AGE CONCERN VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE ELDERLY MERSTHAM, REDHILL AND REIGATE income £183k
• AGE CONCERN EPSOM & EWELL income £119k
• AGE CONCERN WIRRAL income £4.1m

Side by side with its peers

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