Age UK Bromsgrove Redditch and Wyre Forest

Analysis

Age UK Bromsgrove Redditch and Wyre Forest is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromsgrove. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Age UK Bromsgrove Redditch and Wyre Forest reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.5m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £1.1m to £1.4m (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Bromsgrove Redditch and Wyre Forest sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Serve (£1.4m), Vivensa Foundation (£1.4m) and Colchester United Community Foundation (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 56%, charitable activities 36%, donations and legacies 6.6% and investments 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £25k. Charitable activities took 45% of spending and raising funds 55%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 84 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.