The Adolescent and Children's Trust

Analysis

The Adolescent and Children's Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kinmel Bay. It was registered in March 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02779751). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Adolescent and Children's Trust reported income of £27.8m and spending of £27.2m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £25.6m to £27.8m (+8.4%), an average of +2.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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 Adolescent and Children's Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yorkshire Cancer Research (£27.7m), Blind Veterans UK (£27.8m) and The Anna Freud Centre (£27.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £9.7m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 228 people.