Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire

Analysis

Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in January 1998, 28 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 03455485). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire reported income of £3.3m and spending of £3.8m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £2.9m to £3.3m (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 31%. 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 Nottingham & Nottinghamshire sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wallace & Gromit's Children's Foundation (£3.3m), The Randal Charitable Foundation (£3.3m) and Taigh Mor Foundation (£3.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%, donations and legacies 5.2%, trading 4.0% and investments 1.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £112k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.4%. Reserves of £932k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 122 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.