Age UK Teesside

Analysis

Age UK Teesside is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesbrough. It was registered in March 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02152353). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Age UK Teesside reported income of £693k and spending of £669k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £696k to £693k (-0.4%), an average of -0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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 Teesside 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 The Symbol Trust (£693k), The Military Wives Choirs Foundation (£693k) and British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (£692k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 71%, trading 17%, donations and legacies 9.4% and investments 2.7%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 9.9%. Reserves of £310k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.