Age Concern Orpington & District

Analysis

Age Concern Orpington & District is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Orpington. It was registered in September 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity and recreation, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07800233). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age Concern Orpington & District reported income of £539k and spending of £407k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £195k to £539k (+176%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Age Concern Orpington & District sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cumbria Law Centre (£538k), The Distillers' Charity (£539k) and Dial Barnsley (£538k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82%, donations and legacies 14% and investments 3.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £57k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Reserves of £596k would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.