AGE EXCHANGE
Registered charity 326899 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AGE EXCHANGE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED
Age Exchange works with older people to improve their quality of life by valuing their reminiscences and giving opportunities for wider appreciation in the form of: - visual and performance arts- health and social care projects- inter-generational programmes - exhibitions - publications- documentary film
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £50k and a total deficit of £52k for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by cost pressures and wage increases. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were calculated at a negative £185k, falling significantly below the stated policy target of £50k. However, the charity remains solvent with unrestricted funds of £957k and continues to receive financial support from its parent charity, Community Integrated Care.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £957k)
“The charity’s free reserves as at 31st March 25 stood at £-185k (2024: £-121k). This is calculated as the unrestricted reserves of £957k (2024: £1,000k) less the carrying value of tangible Įxed assets not secured by loans of £1,142k (2024: £1,121k).” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Age Exchange (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.
- HARRISS, Sean Richard — director, appointed 26/07/2023on trustee list
- CHAN, Danielle Kathryn — director, appointed 09/02/2023on trustee list
- MUTHUSUBRAMANIAN, Jayakanthan — director, appointed 09/02/2023on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£272k
Reported reserves equal ~20.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (57% 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: 45.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (18/07/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (18/08/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Danielle Kathryn Chan
- Jayakanthan Muthusubramanian
- Sean Richard Harriss
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is AGE EXCHANGE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £50k and a total deficit of £52k for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by cost pressures and wage increases. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were calculated at a negative £185k, falling significantly below the stated policy target of £50k. However, the charity remains solvent with unrestricted funds of £957k and continues to receive financial support from its parent charity, Community Integrated Care. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds AGE EXCHANGE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name AGE EXCHANGE as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE HORNERS CHARITY FUND, NEWBY TRUST LIMITED, THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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