Age UK Stairlifts Review

Age UK stairlifts are Handicare models sold under the Age UK name. Age UK publishes rental prices, about £1,300 upfront then from £80 a month for a straight lift, but no purchase prices.

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Age UK Stairlifts at a glance

• Age UK stairlifts are made by Handicare (Savaria Lifts (UK) Ltd) and sold under the Age UK Trading name, which belongs to AgeCo Limited, a company owned by Age UK. Age Concern stairlifts are the same range under the charity’s old name.
• Rental prices are published (from about £1,300 upfront, then from £80 a month for a straight lift). Purchase prices are not, so buying means a home survey and quote, backed by a written price match and a two-year warranty.

Who actually sells Age UK stairlifts

Age UK does not make stairlifts. The lifts sold as Age UK Trading stairlifts are made by Handicare, which is the brand name of Savaria Lifts (UK) Ltd, and the Handicare team handles the enquiry, the home survey, the quote, the fitting and the servicing. The enquiry form on the Age UK Trading site says so directly: your details go to Savaria Lifts (UK) Ltd.

Age UK Trading is a brand name used by AgeCo Limited, a company owned by Age UK. Age UK Trading says the profits are donated to the charity, and puts the total at more than £14m over the last five years. That is the main difference between buying a Handicare lift through Age UK and buying the same make through another Handicare dealer: part of what you pay goes to Age UK.

You can read how Handicare compares with the other makers in our Handicare stairlift review.

Age Concern stairlifts and Age UK stairlifts are the same range

Plenty of people still search for Age Concern stairlifts. Age Concern England and Help the Aged merged on 1 April 2009, and the new charity officially became Age UK in April 2010 (Age UK, our history).

The trading company changed name at the same time. Companies House lists AgeCo Limited, company number 03156159, as Age Concern Enterprises Limited from June 1996 to November 2010, then Age UK Enterprises Limited until January 2022, when it took its current name (Companies House). So if a relative had an Age Concern stairlift fitted years ago, the company behind it is the one now trading as Age UK Trading.

Which stairlift models Age UK sells

The Age UK Trading site lists six models, all made by Handicare. It publishes no purchase price for any of them.

Across the range, Age UK Trading says its straight lifts carry up to 200kg and its curved lifts up to 160kg, and every lift has battery backup for power cuts. If the stairs are tight, our guide to stairlifts for narrow stairs covers what to measure before the survey.

What Age UK stairlifts cost

Age UK Trading is the only company of the ten we review that publishes rental prices. On its rental page, checked 4 November 2026, a straight stairlift costs from around £1,300 upfront, which covers installation and the first six months, then from £80 a month from month seven. A curved stairlift is around £3,000 upfront.

Here is what that works out to for a straight lift at the published starting prices:

For comparison, the median advertised price of a new straight stairlift in our UK Stairlift Price Index is £1,995 (62 prices from 22 UK sellers, captured 20 October 2026). At Age UK’s starting rental prices, the running total passes that figure in month 15. Age UK Trading itself says renting could be cost-effective for six to 18 months, which fits the arithmetic. Rental does include maintenance and removal, so it is not a straight like-for-like comparison, and our stairlift rental guide covers the other costs to ask about.

To buy, you need a quote after a free home survey. The Age UK Trading cost page quotes the Which? average stairlift price of £3,867 rather than its own figures.

There is a price match. Handicare says it will match any like-for-like written stairlift quotation from a reputable UK company, up to the day the lift is installed. In practice that means getting at least one written quote elsewhere, and asking both companies to name the model on the quote so the comparison is like-for-like.

Warranty, servicing and breakdowns

Every Age UK Trading stairlift comes with a two-year warranty that includes one free service, and extended warranties are offered on top. Age UK Trading recommends an annual service after the first year. Servicing is carried out by Handicare-trained engineers, booked on 0370 011 8282, and the stairlift breakdown line is 0808 189 2204. No service or extended-warranty price is published. Handicare does not offer finance, so check what stairlift grants you may qualify for before you sign anything.

For what an annual service usually costs once the warranty ends, see our stairlift servicing guide.

Should you buy through Age UK?

Buying through Age UK suits people who want a Handicare lift and like the idea of the profit going to the charity. The two-year warranty, the free first service and the price match are all published and clear.

The thing to keep in mind is that you are buying a Handicare stairlift, and with no purchase prices published, a quote is the only way to see what you would pay. Get at least one other written quote, ideally from a Handicare dealer for the same model, and use the price match if it comes in lower. Our stairlift companies comparison sets out what each of the main UK companies publishes.

Selling a stairlift bought from Age UK

When you buy a stairlift from Age UK, it is a Handicare stairlift model you are buying. This means that if you are selling a stairlift, you should be looking at the Handicare stairlift market for a price gauge on how much you can get for your stairlift. This is because Age UK Trading works with Handicare Accessibility Limited, which was renamed Savaria Lifts (UK) Ltd. on 19 January 2026.