Age UK Lancashire

Analysis

Age UK Lancashire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ormskirk. It was registered in June 2011, 15 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 07200267). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age UK Lancashire reported income of £5.4m and spending of £5.3m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.1m to £5.4m (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Lancashire sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Longfield Hospice Care (£5.4m), The Children's Hospital Charity (£5.4m) and Social Care in Action (£5.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 70%, donations and legacies 16%, trading 13% and investments 1.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £194k. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 17%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 241 people.