Age doesn't really matter to these courses, the only disadvantage I would imagine is that you lack the experience that an older person may have in interviews and other amplitutde tests.
Scholarship from airlines are almost all gone, with more and more airlines going down the low cost route it's something they no longer need to do in order to get pilots...
Most integrated courses (FTE, OAT, Cabair) require a loan of around £50-80k for all living expenses plus training, where as with modular you could work and train at the sometime...