Northern College of Acupuncture

Analysis

Northern College of Acupuncture is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in June 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02400056). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Northern College of Acupuncture reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.3m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.2m (+3.4%), an average of +0.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Northern College of Acupuncture sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Right to Life Charitable Trust (£1.2m), Hospice in Rossendale (£1.2m) and Bradford Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Survivors Service (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £36k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.