Age UK Bath and North East Somerset Limited

Analysis

Age UK Bath and North East Somerset Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in July 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05367286). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age UK Bath and North East Somerset Limited reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.4m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £983k to £1.5m (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Age UK Bath and North East Somerset Limited sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 Hopian (£1.5m), Green Crescent Aid UK (£1.5m) and Wolverhampton Voluntary and Community Action (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72% and donations and legacies 28%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £65k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.7%. Reserves of £611k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 47 people.