Age Concern Hampshire

Analysis

Age Concern Hampshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in January 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age Concern Hampshire reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.8m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.0m to £1.8m (-10%), an average of -2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Concern Hampshire sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 Home of Comfort (£1.8m), The Trinity Challenge (£1.8m) and Sport Cares (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93%, trading 3.2%, donations and legacies 2.7% and investments 1.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £23k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.8%. Reserves of £647k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 78 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.