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| Company type | Charity |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1 April 2009 |
| Headquarters | London, WC1 United Kingdom |
| Revenue | 147,404,000 pound sterling (2018)  |
Number of employees | 1,503 (2018) |
| Website | ageuk |
Age UK is a registered charity in the United Kingdom,[1] formed on 25 February 2009 and launched on 1 April 2009, as a merging of Age Concern England and Help the Aged.[2]
Despite the national merger, many local Age Concern charities decided not to become brand partners of Age UK and continued as independent and completely separate Age Concerns and remain so to this day.
The charity operated as "Age Concern England and Help the Aged" until the new brand launch on 19 April 2010.[3] The brand also includes separate but interdependent charities for the UK regions: Age Scotland, Age Cymru and Age NI,[4][5] and new international charity, Age International.
The merger was the largest among charities in the UK since that of the Cancer Research Campaign and Imperial Cancer Research in 2002 to form Cancer Research UK.[6]
Age UK also has a commercial arm, AgeCo Limited (formerly Age UK Enterprises Limited) Operating under the brand name Age Co it sells products and services designed for later life with its profits given back to the charity. The current range includes Car and Home insurance, Legal Services, Funeral Plans, Personal Alarms, Stairlifts and Homelifts, Bathing Solutions and Incontinence Products.
- ^ "Age UK, registered charity no. 1128267". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- ^ "Help the Aged and Age Concern England". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
- ^ "The shared experience and history of Age UK". Age UK. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Age UK Homepage". Age UK. Archived from the original on 30 November 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
- ^ "Charity Finance Article". Charity Finance. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
- ^ Third Sector online article, retrieved 1 April 2009 Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine