Age UK Berkshire

Analysis

Age UK Berkshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07928260). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age UK Berkshire reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.2m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £634k to £1.3m (+102%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 77% 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 Berkshire sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lloyds Bank Foundation for the Channel Islands (£1.3m), If U Care Share Foundation (£1.3m) and Quintessentially Foundation (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, investments 4.0% and donations and legacies 1.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £13k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £26k. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 54 people.