Age UK Hammersmith & Fulham

Analysis

Age UK Hammersmith & Fulham is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01685692). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age UK Hammersmith & Fulham reported income of £673k and spending of £800k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £515k to £673k (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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 Hammersmith & Fulham sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hartcliffe and Withywood Community Partnership (£673k), Latch Welsh Children's Cancer Charity (£674k) and Age UK Bradford & District (£673k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 42%, charitable activities 37%, trading 18% and investments 1.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £57k. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 9.6%. Reserves of £153k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 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.