Age Concern Herefordshire & Worcestershire

Analysis

Age Concern Herefordshire & Worcestershire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in May 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03942023). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2023, Age Concern Herefordshire & Worcestershire reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.7m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2023, income fell from £1.7m to £1.6m (-7.1%), an average of -3.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Herefordshire & Worcestershire 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 The Grove Residential Home (Solihull) (£1.6m), Pesticide Action Network UK (£1.6m) and International Headache Society (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85% and donations and legacies 11%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £29k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £612k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 120 people.

Data notes from the register: The register marks this charity as insolvent.