Centre for Ageing Better Trust

Analysis

Centre for Ageing Better Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Centre for Ageing Better Trust reported income of £1.1m and spending of £6.1m, spending 569% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £615k to £1.1m (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 746% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Centre for Ageing Better Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hastings and Rother Voluntary Association for the Blind (£1.1m), People in Need (Pin) UK (£1.1m) and When You Wish Upon a Star (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 93% and donations and legacies 7.2%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.5%. Reserves of £14.5m would cover about 28 months of spending at that rate. It employed 59 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.