Age UK Calderdale & Kirklees

Analysis

Age UK Calderdale & Kirklees is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Halifax. It was registered in February 2004, 22 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 05013745). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age UK Calderdale & Kirklees reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.0m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.9m to £2.0m (+5.5%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 16%. 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 Calderdale & Kirklees sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rethink Charity (£2.0m), Bacon Foundation Ltd (£2.0m) and Age UK Enfield (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 53%, donations and legacies 40% and trading 5.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £17k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £698k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 93 people.