Search: Services for Older People CIO

Analysis

Search: Services for Older People CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was registered in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Search: Services for Older People CIO reported income of £762k and spending of £743k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £570k to £762k (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Search: Services for Older People CIO sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age Cymru West Glamorgan Limited (£758k), Lancaster District Community & Voluntary Solutions (£766k) and Joseph Levy Foundation (£757k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72%, trading 26% and donations and legacies 1.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £237k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.