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Centre for Ageing Better Limited

Registered charity 1160741 Registered since 2015

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

10 trustees on the board

4.3y median 3.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

10
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10Other Charitable Purposes 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9Disability 1Education/training 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.

Health and social care 18Other services 6Professional services 3

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£864k 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.

37.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.0 in 2021

63 from 65 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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.ageing-better.org.uk
Emailinfo@ageing-better.org.uk
Phone02038290113
AddressCentre for Ageing Better, 15 Alfred Place, LONDON, WC1E 7EB

Finances

£864,241 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£897,059£6,875,989
2022£1,237,510£6,183,243
2023£1,100,763£5,370,462
2024£838,491£6,690,047
2025£864,241£6,358,937

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE RELIEF OF CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF OLDER PEOPLE BY:1. PROMOTING THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE, INCLUDING WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY CONDUCTING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH, AND THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND RESEARCH, ON HEALTH CARE ISSUES RELATED TO AGEING AND ON THE BENEFITS OF THE ADOPTION OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLES;2. THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF POVERTY AMONGST OLDER PEOPLE BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE INCLUDING, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR ADEQUATE FINANCIAL PLANNING IN PREPARATION FOR CESSATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND/OR INDEPENDENT EARNING CAPACITY;3. PROMOTING THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF OLDER PEOPLE, AND PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF OLDER PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE INCLUDING, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY CONDUCTING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH, AND THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND RESEARCH, INTO THE ECONOMIC, SOCIOCULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS WHICH LEAD TO THE ISOLATION AND MARGINALISATION OF OLDER PEOPLE INCLUDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION RELATING TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT, CULTURAL AND LEISURE SERVICES, PUBLIC AMENITIES AND AGE DISCRIMINATION; AND4. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.IN EACH CASE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/01/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/01/2015

Trustees (10)

10trustees
57median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Centre for Ageing Better Limited · 08838490 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 09/01/2014

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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