Age UK Exeter

Analysis

Age UK Exeter is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in May 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02703636). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age UK Exeter reported income of £751k and spending of £954k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £751k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Age UK Exeter sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Recovery Cymru Community (£751k), New Life Church Congleton (£751k) and The Rory Peck Trust (£751k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 80%, donations and legacies 18% and trading 1.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £36k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 3.3%. Reserves of £180k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.