Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton

Analysis

Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in October 1986, 40 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 02002499). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.3m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.2m (+18%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Concern Liverpool & Sefton 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 Newvol (£2.1m), Wandsworth Citizens Advice Bureaux Limited (£2.2m) and Age Concern Cheshire (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, donations and legacies 5.2% and investments 1.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £79k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £799k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 51 people.