Plymouth Age Concern

Analysis

Plymouth Age Concern is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in April 1980, 46 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 company (Companies House number 01499927). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Plymouth Age Concern reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.5m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £968k to £2.2m (+125%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Plymouth Age Concern 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aghosh UK (£2.2m), The Society for Mucopolysaccharide Diseases (£2.2m) and Northamptonshire Mind (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87%, donations and legacies 9.7% and investments 1.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,860. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Reserves of £551k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 103 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.