Age UK Wakefield District

Analysis

Age UK Wakefield District is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Castleford. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04512958). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age UK Wakefield District reported income of £3.0m and spending of £3.0m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.3m to £3.0m (+31%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Age UK Wakefield District 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Canterbury Programme (£3.0m), Krishnamurti Foundation Trust Ltd (£3.0m) and Ecole Francaise de Londres Jacques Prevert Ltd (£3.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, trading 4.5% and donations and legacies 1.4%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.7%. Reserves of £359k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 114 people.