Abbey Access Centre

Analysis

Abbey Access Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03783671). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Abbey Access Centre reported income of £900k and spending of £923k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £491k to £900k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Abbey Access Centre sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Welcome Centre (Huddersfield) (£900k), Douai Abbey Parishes Trust (£900k) and Weseehope (£898k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89% and trading 10%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 8.0%. Reserves of £221k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.