Age Concern Wigan Borough

Analysis

Age Concern Wigan Borough is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in April 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05004789). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age Concern Wigan Borough reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.1m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £749k to £1.0m (+38%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Age Concern Wigan Borough sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include London Good News Church Limited (£1.0m), The Community of All Hallows (£1.0m) and The Rifles Benevolent Trust (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 48%, trading 42%, donations and legacies 4.7% and investments 3.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £22k. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £410k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 58 people.