Age Active

Analysis

Age Active is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in May 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Age Active reported income of £40k and spending of £64k, spending 162% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £54k to £40k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 141% 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 Active sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Skyangels Air Ambulance (£40k), The Adnams Community Trust (£40k) and Youth Prospects (£40k).

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.