Age UK Leeds

Analysis

Age UK Leeds is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in February 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01236909). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age UK Leeds reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.8m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £1.9m (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Age UK Leeds sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 The Roger & Douglas Turner Charitable Trust (£1.9m), The Jim Marshall Charity (£1.9m) and Philip Breeze Will Trust (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75%, donations and legacies 20%, investments 4.0% and trading 1.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £340k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 1.9%. Reserves of £398k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 63 people.