Age UK Northumberland

Analysis

Age UK Northumberland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashington. It was registered in November 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03639406). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age UK Northumberland reported income of £6.8m and spending of £6.6m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £7.3m to £6.8m (-6.5%), an average of -1.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Age UK Northumberland sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 Queen Margaret's School, York Limited (£6.8m), Institute for Government (£6.9m) and Brighton Youth Centre (£6.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91% and donations and legacies 8.7%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 242 people.