Age UK Redbridge, Barking and Havering Ltd

Analysis

Age UK Redbridge, Barking and Havering Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in September 2001, 25 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 04246504). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age UK Redbridge, Barking and Havering Ltd reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.2m (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Redbridge, Barking and Havering Ltd 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 Forrester Family Trust (£1.2m), The Fyrish Foundation (£1.2m) and The Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, donations and legacies 4.5% and trading 2.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £48k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Reserves of £549k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 57 people.