Age UK Birmingham Limited

Analysis

Age UK Birmingham Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in October 2010, 16 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 07334392). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age UK Birmingham Limited reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.6m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.7m (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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 Birmingham 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include European Orthodontic Society (£1.7m), Royal Engineers Association (£1.7m) and Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 76%, trading 18% and donations and legacies 5.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £40k. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 6.7%. Reserves of £614k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 48 people.