Age UK Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Analysis

Age UK Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age UK Cambridgeshire and Peterborough reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.0m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.3m to £2.0m (-14%), an average of -3.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Age UK Cambridgeshire and Peterborough sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Racing Industry Accident Benefit Scheme (£2.0m), Wac Arts (£2.0m) and Ordinary Life Project Association (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, donations and legacies 3.4% and investments 1.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £33k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £728k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 104 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.