CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 26 January 2015
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £861,487
Latest expenditure: £6,282,163
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Centre for Ageing Better, 15 Alfred Place, LONDON, WC1E 7EB

Website recorded by the regulator: www.ageing-better.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

THE CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER AIMS TO HELP PEOPLE HAVE A BETTER LATER LIFE BY APPLYING EVIDENCE OF WHAT WORKS & DRIVING CHANGE IN LINE WITH THIS EVIDENCE. WE HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING FROM THE EVIDENCE OF WHAT PEOPLE WANT FOR A BETTER LATER LIFE & A CLEAR ANALYTIC OF WHERE CHANGE IS NEEDED TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE IN KEY DOMAINS OF BETTER HEALTH, BETTER FINANCES, BETTER RELATIONSHIPS & BETTER PLACES.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 14 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 14 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £861,487
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,282,163

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 9 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 9 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £732,896
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,554,943

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 25 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 25 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £670,785
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,863,011

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 11 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 11 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £615,370
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,695,611

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 30 November 2021
Date Accounts Received: 30 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £557,495
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,648,900

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 14 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £861,487
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,282,163
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 3
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 3
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 2
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 1
Count Salary Band 100001 110000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 9 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £732,896
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,554,943
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 2
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 1
Count Salary Band 100001 110000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 25 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £670,785
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,863,011
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 3
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 2
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 2
Count Salary Band 120001 130000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 11 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £615,370
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,695,611
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 3
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 30 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £557,495
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,648,900
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 2
Count Salary Band 250001 300000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 14 October 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 93500
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 767987
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 861487
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £198,158
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £6,084,005
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 6282163
Expenditure Investment Management: 66055
Expenditure Grants Institution: 32240
Expenditure Governance: 37263
Expenditure Support Costs: 1085129
Expenditure Depreciation: 15486
Gain Loss Investment: 294347
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £19,900,541
Assets Total Fixed: 20100874
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 20100874
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £670,629
Assets Total Liabilities: £870,962
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £19,900,541
Creditors One Year Total Current: 870962
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £571,925
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 19900541
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 19900541
Count Employees: 63
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 9 October 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 93882
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 639014
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 732896
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £91,787
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £6,463,156
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 6554943
Expenditure Investment Management: 91787
Expenditure Grants Institution: 74972
Expenditure Governance: 37762
Expenditure Support Costs: 1076156
Expenditure Depreciation: 15426
Gain Loss Investment: 1015615
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £25,037,781
Assets Total Fixed: 25053267
Assets Own Use: 15486
Assets Long Term Investment: 25037781
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £940,080
Assets Total Liabilities: £966,477
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £25,026,870
Creditors One Year Total Current: 966477
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £703,224
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 25026870
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 25026870
Count Employees: 54
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 25 October 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 87900
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 582885
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 670785
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £122,926
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £4,740,085
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 4863011
Expenditure Investment Management: 122926
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 64446
Expenditure Support Costs: 1160922
Expenditure Depreciation: 15426
Gain Loss Investment: -3339004
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £29,833,302
Assets Total Fixed: 29144160
Assets Own Use: 30912
Assets Long Term Investment: 29113248
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,217,427
Assets Total Liabilities: £528,285
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £29,833,302
Creditors One Year Total Current: 528285
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,008,339
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 29833302
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 29833302
Count Employees: 54
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 11 October 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 79378
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 535992
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 615370
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £5,584,893
Expenditure Other: 110718
Expenditure Total: 5695611
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 71642
Expenditure Support Costs: 1527543
Expenditure Depreciation: 17281
Gain Loss Investment: 3245143
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £37,364,532
Assets Total Fixed: 37488740
Assets Own Use: 46338
Assets Long Term Investment: 37442402
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £540,527
Assets Total Liabilities: £664,735
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £37,364,532
Creditors One Year Total Current: 664735
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £308,769
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 37364532
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 37364532
Count Employees: 60
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 30 November 2021
Income Donations And Legacies: 83311
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 225
Income Investments: 473959
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 557495
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £113,814
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £6,535,086
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 6648900
Expenditure Investment Management: 113814
Expenditure Grants Institution: 193469
Expenditure Governance: 74426
Expenditure Support Costs: 1600360
Expenditure Depreciation: 19362
Gain Loss Investment: 5307262
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 39852354
Assets Own Use: 63619
Assets Long Term Investment: 39788735
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £399,293
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,052,017
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £39,199,630
Creditors One Year Total Current: 1003922
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 48095
Assets Cash: £315,746
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 39199630
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 39199630
Count Employees: 65
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2015-01-26T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED DATED 06/01/2015 as amended on 13 Sep 2018
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE RELIEF OF CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF OLDER PEOPLE BY:5.1. 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;5.2. 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; AND5.3. 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;IN EACH CASE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures