AGE UK BRISTOL

Charity number: 1042548
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Age UK Bristol provides the following services for older people: Information and Advice, Day Services, Going Home from Hospital service, Friends Ageing Better for a range of services to enable social connection an support, Active Ageing Bristol to support people to keep fit and active, and strategic work to enable an age friendly city.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Bristol City

Governance

Registration history:
  • 06 December 1994: Standard registration
  • 11 January 2021: Funds received from 1143816 LINKAGE (WEST OF ENGLAND) LIMITED
  • 12 May 2025: Funds received from 1077717 ASIAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ASSOCIATION LIMITED
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • AGE CONCERN BRISTOL (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Ian McDowell Bickerton Trustee 18 December 2025
None on record
JULIAN BROOKES Trustee 27 March 2025
None on record
Rachel Millar Trustee 31 January 2024
None on record
Yvonne Marie Gordon Trustee 25 November 2021
None on record
Joanna Sutton Trustee 26 November 2020
None on record
Judith Irene Brown Trustee 24 September 2020
None on record
Mina Elizabeth Malpass Trustee 27 August 2015
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £1.21m £866.91k £1.94m £1.38m £1.03m
Total expenditure £1.09m £1.17m £1.73m £1.30m £1.06m
Income from government contracts £318.16k £178.70k £203.02k £117.69k £156.61k
Income from government grants £152.44k £81.13k £921.48k £474.76k £426.45k
Income - Donations and legacies £183.28k £29.76k £48.61k £17.37k £122.40k
Income - Other trading activities £200 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £1.03m £809.05k £1.82m £1.29m £903.49k
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £4.49k £28.11k £74.46k £70.28k £8.70k
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £58.90k £0 £10.00k £10.27k £51.95k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £1.06m £1.16m £1.72m £1.28m £1.05m
Expenditure - Raising funds £24.92k £8.19k £11.07k £11.98k £16.26k
Expenditure - Governance £0 £21.71k £23.95k £22.28k £32.66k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £28.00k £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Own use assets £18.40k £12.33k £4.75k £21.23k £18.82k
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £661.46k £1.00m £556.92k £608.14k £537.87k
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £212.95k £848.52k £185.31k £173.33k £127.39k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 26 January 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 26 January 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 15 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 15 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 31 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 31 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 30 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 30 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 03 February 2022 3 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 03 February 2022 3 days late Download Open in new window
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Contact information

Address:
The Withywood Centre
Queens Road
Bristol
BS13 8QA
Phone:
0117 929 7537