Age UK Kent Rivers

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Age UK Medway provides a range of support and care services for older people in the Medway and Kent areas. We are committed to providing high quality services enabling older people to live safely and independently in their own home.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2023
Total income:
£2,906,583
Donations and legacies | £103.24k | |
Charitable activities | £2.72m | |
Other trading activities | £86.33k | |
Investments | £1.08k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£2,942,572
Raising funds | £146.01k | |
Charitable activities | £2.80m | |
Other | £0 |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
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.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £146.01k | |
Charitable expenditure | £2.80m |
People

138 Employee(s)
8 Trustee(s)
120 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 1 |
£80k to £90k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- General Charitable Purposes
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Kent
- Medway
Governance
- AGE UK MEDWAY (Previous name)
- MEDWAY AGE CONCERN LIMITED (Previous name)
- Care Quality Commission
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- 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
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
8 Trustee(s)
Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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Dr GILLIAN FARGHER | Chair | 15 April 2020 |
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Francois Contreiras | Trustee | 12 December 2024 |
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LYNN ELIZABETH FERGUSON | Trustee | 10 August 2023 |
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Paul Victor Andrews | Trustee | 16 June 2022 |
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Julia Burton-Jones | Trustee | 13 October 2017 |
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ALAN JOHN BATES | Trustee | 08 August 2012 |
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ANN WEST | Trustee |
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SUSAN MARY ROBINSON | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2019 | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | ||
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Total gross income | £2.42m | £2.52m | £2.94m | £2.51m | £2.91m | |
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Total expenditure | £2.43m | £2.57m | £2.56m | £2.53m | £2.94m | |
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Income from government contracts | £374.93k | £369.63k | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | £374.93k | £7.83k | £162.16k | £89.76k | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £87.14k | £135.17k | £980.64k | £257.18k | £103.24k | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £62.24k | £119.64k | £15.11k | £35.40k | £86.33k | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £2.27m | £2.25m | £1.84m | £2.22m | £2.72m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £2.74k | £4.67k | £1.74k | £110 | £1.08k | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £11.83k | £100.10k | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £25.08k | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £2.43m | £2.48m | £2.53m | £2.52m | £2.80m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £0 | £96.37k | £24.40k | £2.78k | £146.01k | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £9.45k | £12.23k | £12.29k | £12.94k | £10.75k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
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 InvestmentsInvestments 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.
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 liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese 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.
Asset / Liability | 31/03/2019 | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | ||
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Own use assets | £382.67k | £377.42k | £344.47k | £236.47k | £247.00k | |
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Long-term investments | £1 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £306.10k | |
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Other assets | £1.02m | £1.03m | £1.48m | £1.50m | £1.27m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £121.27k | £176.72k | £213.40k | £142.49k | £216.05k |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 March 2024 | Overdue | Charity reporting is overdue by 127 days | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | Overdue | Charity reporting is overdue by 127 days | |
Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 02 January 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 02 January 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 17 November 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 17 November 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 05 January 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 05 January 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 14 January 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 14 January 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/10/2009 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13/06/2012 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 JUN 2016 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12 FEB 2018 as amended on 19 Oct 2023
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED AND TO WHICH IT IS SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED ARE TO PROMOTE THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND/OR OLDER PEOPLE IN AND AROUND KENT AND MEDWAY (“THE AREA OF BENEFIT”): A) PREVENTING OR RELIEVING THE POVERTY OF OLDER PEOPLE; B) ADVANCING EDUCATION; C) PREVENTING OR RELIEVING SICKNESS, DISEASE OR SUFFERING IN OLDER PEOPLE (WHETHER EMOTIONAL, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL); D) PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; E) ASSISTING OLDER PEOPLE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SOCIAL EXCLUSION OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; AND F) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OLDER PEOPLE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE THE OUTCOME OF THIS BEING THE PROMOTION OF THE WELL-BEING OF OLDER PEOPLE.”
Area of benefit
KENT AND MEDWAY
Contact information
- Address:
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Age UK Kent Rivers
Floor 2
Fitted Rigging House South
Anchor Wharf
The Historic Dockyard
Chatham
- Phone:
- 01634572616
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