Gloucestershire Older Persons Association

Analysis

Gloucestershire Older Persons Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gloucestershire Older Persons Association reported income of £27k and spending of £22k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6,775 to £27k (+292%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 14925%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Gloucestershire Older Persons Association sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rural Community Responders (£27k), Kettering and District Samaritans (£27k) and Blackburn and District Blind Society (£27k).