Acre Housing

Analysis

Acre Housing is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in April 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02677365). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Acre Housing reported income of £1.3m and spending of £775k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.3m (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Acre Housing sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jobs Foundation (£1.3m), Mission Motorsport (£1.3m) and The Change Foundation (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £128k. Reserves of £12.8m would cover about 196 months of spending at that rate.