The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

AGE UK

Registered charity 1128267 Registered since 2009

Operates: South Africa, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Yemen, Throughout England And Wales, Bangladesh, Colombia, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Jordan, Kenya

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

13 trustees on the board

4.5y median 5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (6)

13
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 12General Charitable Purposes 12The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Other Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Finance 27Health and social care 25Professional services 16

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£131.8m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

1317 from 1258 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.ageuk.org.uk
Emailcontact@ageuk.org.uk
Phone08001698080
AddressAge UK, 7th Floor, One America Square, 17 Crosswall, LONDON, EC3N 2LB

Finances

£131,786,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£127,055,000£125,143,000
2022£125,972,000£115,293,000
2023£123,225,000£130,516,000
2024£121,698,000£128,074,000
2025£131,786,000£135,081,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAccommodation/housingOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Elderly/old PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

1 PREVENTING OR RELIEVING THE POVERTY OF OLDER PEOPLE2 ADVANCING EDUCATION3 PREVENTING OR RELIEVING SICKNESS, DISEASE OR SUFFERING IN OLDER PEOPLE (WHETHER EMOTIONAL, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL)4 PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY5 PROMOTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF OLDER PEOPLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS6 ASSISTING OLDER PEOPLE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SOCIAL EXCLUSION OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; AND7 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OLDER PEOPLE AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 FEB 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 JUL 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 MAR 2014 as amended on 17 Aug 2022 as amended on 21 Aug 2025 as amended on 30 Jan 2026

Trustees (13)

13trustees
65median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

AGE UK · 06825798 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/02/2009

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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