Age Concern Gloucestershire

Analysis

Age Concern Gloucestershire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in October 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05586735). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age Concern Gloucestershire reported income of £998k and spending of £1.1m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £875k to £998k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Age Concern Gloucestershire 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Electric Umbrella (£996k), Luton Town FC Community Trust (£999k) and Berry Pomeroy Home for Elderly People (£996k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 70%, donations and legacies 27% and investments 2.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £231k. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 18%. Reserves of £437k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.