The Vec Acorn Trust

Analysis

The Vec Acorn Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tonbridge. It was registered in May 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Vec Acorn Trust reported income of £34k and spending of £118k, spending 345% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £25k to £34k (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 398% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Vec Acorn Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Aspiration Trust (£34k), Reach One Touch One Ministries UK (£34k) and Krasif Aid (£34k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.