Age UK Barnet

Analysis

Age UK Barnet is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2000, 26 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 03863045). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age UK Barnet reported income of £3.5m and spending of £2.8m, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £3.5m (+211%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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 Barnet 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include David Tannen Charitable Trust (£3.5m), The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund (UK) (£3.7m) and The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust (£3.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82%, donations and legacies 15%, investments 1.5% and trading 1.2%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £35k. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 74 people.