Age UK Stockport

Analysis

Age UK Stockport is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockport. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives 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 07413632). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age UK Stockport reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.2m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £2.1m (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 Stockport sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 Advonet (£2.1m), Citizens Advice Lancashire West (£2.1m) and The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82%, trading 16% and donations and legacies 1.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £25k. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 10%. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 66 people.