Counsel and Care for the Elderly

Analysis

Counsel and Care for the Elderly is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00645708). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Counsel and Care for the Elderly reported income of £119k and spending of £121k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £119k (+594%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 1743%. Over the whole period it spent 145% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Counsel and Care for the Elderly sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Queen Elizabeth Almshouses (£119k), Newhaven Integrated Play Project Educational and Recreational Services (£119k) and Cabin Lane Church (£119k).