Age Concern Slough and Berkshire East

Analysis

Age Concern Slough and Berkshire East is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in March 2000, 26 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 03892564). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Age Concern Slough and Berkshire East reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.5m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.6m (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Slough and Berkshire East sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 Pesticide Action Network UK (£1.6m), British Society of Echocardiography (£1.6m) and Age Concern Herefordshire & Worcestershire (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 76%, charitable activities 19% and donations and legacies 5.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £4,241. Charitable activities took 37% of spending and raising funds 61%. Reserves of £212k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 56 people.