Age Connects Cardiff and the Vale Ltd

Analysis

Age Connects Cardiff and the Vale Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07345521). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Age Connects Cardiff and the Vale Ltd reported income of £531k and spending of £611k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £933k to £531k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Age Connects Cardiff and the Vale Ltd 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 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kurt Geiger Kindness Foundation (£529k), North Staffs Carers Association (£534k) and Sir John Priestman Charity Trust (£521k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82%, donations and legacies 16% and investments 2.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £5,866. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 9.1%. Reserves of £220k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 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.