Action for Elders Trust
What it does
Action For Elders was formed with the purpose of co-creating a world where we place older people at the heart of the community, giving them the support they deserve to ensure that they get as much value out of later life as possible.Our aim is to tackle the major health and social challenges of ageing in particular mobility and loneliness and empower older people to think differently about ageing
Its charitable purposes
TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH AMONGST THOSE AGED 50 AND OVER AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THOSE AGED 75 AND OVER WHOSE INDEPENDENCE OR PHYSICAL MOBILITY MAY BE RESTRICTED THROUGH PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESS.
Causes
- What it works on
- General charitable purposes
- Health and saving lives
- Who it helps
- Older people
- How it works
- Provides services
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Throughout England and Wales
Income and spending
In the year ending 30 September 2025, it had income of £338,650 and spent £304,471.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | £338,650 | £304,471 | Not reported | 26 |
| 30 September 2024 | £302,548 | £295,762 | Not reported | 65 |
| 30 September 2023 | £137,029 | £406,795 | Not reported | 15 |
| 30 September 2022 | £425,651 | £421,633 | Not reported | 30 |
| 30 September 2021 | £519,538 | £386,140 | 5 | 20 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 35%, from £519,538 in the year to 30 September 2021 to £338,650 in the year to 30 September 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 90% of its income in the year to 30 September 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.
- Largest funder
- The National Lottery Community Fund gave £15,961 in the year to 30 September 2023, 12% of that year's income.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 30 September 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 September 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 September 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 30 September 2022 | £249,691 from 3 grants | Not reported |
| 30 September 2021 | £53,228 from 1 grant | Not reported |
Where its income came from in the year ending 30 September 2021
- Donations and legacies£8,819
- Charitable activities, including grants and contracts for its work£510,285
- Trading and fundraising£283
- Investments£151
Who funds it, according to its accounts
In its accounts for the year ending 30 September 2023, the charity named 9 funders who gave £56,605 between them. £20,761 of that came from public bodies.
These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.
| Funder | Type | Sept 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | National Lottery | £15,961 |
| Newby Trust Ltd | Trust, company or other | £10,000 |
| Glamorgan Voluntary Services | Trust, company or other | £9,838 |
| Two Ridings Community Foundation | Trust, company or other | £6,646 |
| Swansea Council | Council | £4,800 |
| E F Bulmer Trust | Trust, company or other | £3,360 |
| Connexus | Trust, company or other | £3,000 |
| Evelyn May Trust | Trust, company or other | £2,000 |
| lnchrye Trust | Trust, company or other | £1,000 |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 34 grants to this charity since 2012, worth at least £1,311,817.
By funder
- The National Lottery Community Fund£820,220, 13 grants
- Henry Smith Foundation£154,000, 1 grant
- Postcode Community Trust£72,095, 3 grants
- People's Health Trust£55,370, 2 grants
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales£51,680, 3 grants
- Vivensa Foundation£39,448, 1 grant
- CAF£34,652, 1 grant
- Garfield Weston Foundation£31,500, 3 grants
- Comic Relief£18,990, 1 grant
- Freemasons' Charity£15,000, 1 grant
- Herefordshire Community Foundation£10,000, 2 grants
- Two Ridings Community Foundation£7,362, 2 grants
- Point North£1,500, 1 grant
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Aug 2026 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £20,000 |
| 16 Jun 2026 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £19,850 |
| 18 May 2026 | Herefordshire Community Foundation | £5,000 |
| 30 Jun 2025 | Postcode Community Trust | £24,955 |
| 19 Feb 2025 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £98,286 |
| 11 Feb 2025 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £18,460 |
| 29 Mar 2024 | Postcode Community Trust | £24,780 |
| 30 Oct 2023 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £9,950 |
| 19 Apr 2023 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £95,767 |
| 20 Oct 2022 | Two Ridings Community Foundation | £4,862 |
All 34 grants
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Feb 2022 | Postcode Community Trust | £22,360 |
| 5 Nov 2021 | Garfield Weston Foundation | £5,000 |
| 9 Dec 2020 | CAF | £34,652 |
| 19 Aug 2020 | Herefordshire Community Foundation | £5,000 |
| 10 Jul 2020 | Two Ridings Community Foundation | £2,500 |
| 12 Jun 2020 | Garfield Weston Foundation | £6,500 |
| 10 Jun 2020 | Henry Smith Foundation | £154,000 |
| 11 May 2020 | Point North | £1,500 |
| 13 Mar 2020 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £9,955 |
| 14 Feb 2020 | Garfield Weston Foundation | £20,000 |
| 7 Jun 2019 | Freemasons' Charity | £15,000 |
| 25 Jul 2018 | Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales | £23,930 |
| 28 Jun 2018 | People's Health Trust | £24,170 |
| 14 Feb 2018 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £9,895 |
| 24 Jan 2018 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £248,842 |
| 11 Dec 2017 | Vivensa Foundation | £39,448 |
| 26 May 2016 | Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales | £13,650 |
| 20 Apr 2016 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £224,975 |
| 28 Aug 2015 | People's Health Trust | £31,200 |
| 27 May 2015 | Comic Relief | £18,990 |
| 28 Mar 2014 | Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales | £14,100 |
| 28 Nov 2013 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £50,000 |
| 25 Apr 2012 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £9,360 |
| 28 Mar 2012 | The National Lottery Community Fund | £4,880 |
Payments from public bodies, from their spending data
Public bodies' published spending shows 8 payments to this charity worth £201,472 between 22 November 2021 and 4 November 2025.
| Public body | Paid | Payments | Financial years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welsh Government | £154,700 | 2 | 2021/22 |
| Vale of Glamorgan Council | £46,772 | 6 | 2024/25, 2025/26 |
Trustees
5 trustees run the charity.
- Action for Elders CIC Corporate Trustee
- Dr Jacqueline Lesley Ruth Hayward
- Eddie Sherwood
- JACQUELINE SHARON Marshall-Cyrus
- Lorraine Morgan
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2025 | 30 July 2026 | Received 27 July 2026, 3 days early | Received 27 July 2026 |
| 30 September 2024 | 30 July 2025 | Received 30 July 2025 | Received 30 July 2025 |
| 30 September 2023 | 30 July 2024 | Received 30 July 2024 | Received 31 July 2024 |
| 30 September 2022 | 30 July 2023 | Received 29 July 2023, 1 day early | Received 29 July 2023 |
| 30 September 2021 | 30 July 2022 | Received 28 July 2022, 2 days early | Received 29 July 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1145996
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 21 February 2012
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 JUL 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/01/2012
- Company number
- 07698491This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.actionforelders.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Cardiff
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 3 November 2026.
- Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.