Age Concern Bournemouth

Analysis

Age Concern Bournemouth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in March 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05401464). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age Concern Bournemouth reported income of £905k and spending of £947k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £761k to £905k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 16%. 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 Bournemouth 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include B: Rap Ltd (£902k), Citizens Advice North East Derbyshire (£907k) and Douai Abbey Parishes Trust (£900k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 68%, trading 15%, donations and legacies 14% and investments 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £106k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £402k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 84 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.