Age UK Doncaster

Analysis

Age UK Doncaster is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Doncaster. It was registered in September 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03802384). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age UK Doncaster reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.8m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.8m to £1.6m (-14%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Age UK Doncaster 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dixon Foundation (£1.5m), Pimco Foundation Europe (£1.6m) and Age UK Maidstone, Sevenoaks and Tonbridge (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%, donations and legacies 1.3% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £535k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 56 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.