Age UK Thanet Limited

Analysis

Age UK Thanet Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 08398889). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age UK Thanet Limited reported income of £830k and spending of £754k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £980k to £830k (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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 Thanet Limited 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers' Charitable Funds Incorporating the Furnishing Trades Benevolent Association (£829k), Active Cheshire (£831k) and Autistic Minds (£829k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 62% and charitable activities 38%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £503k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £481k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.