Age Concern Buckinghamshire

Analysis

Age Concern Buckinghamshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aylesbury. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07101195). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age Concern Buckinghamshire reported income of £682k and spending of £950k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £297k to £682k (+130%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Age Concern Buckinghamshire sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Christian Care Trust (£681k), Black Lives in Music (£684k) and Unique Kidz & Co (£681k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%, donations and legacies 9.3% and investments 1.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2,000. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.0%. Reserves of £225k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 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.