Age Concern Wandsworth

Analysis

Age Concern Wandsworth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 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 03531311). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age Concern Wandsworth reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.6m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £845k to £1.8m (+117%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 83% 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 Concern Wandsworth sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Port Talbot and Afan Womens Aid (£1.8m), The Intensive Care Society (£1.8m) and Awel Aman Tawe (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93%, investments 2.8%, trading 2.4% and donations and legacies 1.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £9,250. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £7,880. Reserves of £692k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 31 people.