Acorn International Ministries

Analysis

Acorn International Ministries is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackpool. It was registered in August 2002, 24 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 04475552). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Acorn International Ministries reported income of £26k and spending of £22k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £16k to £26k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 International Ministries sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Ramsbottom Trust Fund (£26k), British Congenital Cardiac Association (£26k) and Hartshorne Charities (£26k).