Acorn Recovery Projects

Analysis

Acorn Recovery Projects is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burnley. It was registered in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03360545). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Acorn Recovery Projects reported income of £5.8m and spending of £5.4m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.7m to £5.8m (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Acorn Recovery Projects sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Queenscourt Hospice (£5.8m), Preston Youth Zone Ltd (£5.8m) and The Eranda Rothschild Foundation (£5.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 67% and trading 32%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 83 people.