Knees Up - Healthy Living for Mature People

Analysis

Knees Up - Healthy Living for Mature People is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Knees Up - Healthy Living for Mature People reported income of £48k and spending of £43k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £28k to £48k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Knees Up - Healthy Living for Mature People sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alder Hey Children's Kidney Fund (£48k), League of Friends of Ludlow Hospital (£48k) and Bace (£48k).