Guildford Action for Community Care

Analysis

Guildford Action for Community Care is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in December 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03767533). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Guildford Action for Community Care reported income of £577k and spending of £462k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £480k to £577k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Guildford Action for Community Care sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Restore Church Boston (£577k), Sufi Abdullah Foundation (£577k) and The Jockeys Education and Training Scheme (£577k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 74% and donations and legacies 22%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £133k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.