Acorn Community Care

Analysis

Acorn Community Care is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Malton. It was registered in January 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04528689). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Acorn Community Care reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.3m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £2.4m (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Acorn Community Care sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Specialeffect.org.uk Limited (£2.4m), Action for Deafness (£2.4m) and Exmoor Calvert Trust (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £64k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 52 people.