Age UK Northamptonshire

Analysis

Age UK Northamptonshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in January 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03294424). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age UK Northamptonshire reported income of £4.7m and spending of £4.8m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.4m to £4.7m (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Northamptonshire sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Mary's Convent and Nursing Home (Chiswick) (£4.7m), International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (£4.7m) and CHESS Homeless (£4.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 73%, trading 19% and donations and legacies 7.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £4,955. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 19%. Reserves of £241k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 278 people.