Acts Trust

Analysis

Acts Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05929370). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Acts Trust reported income of £946k and spending of £1.0m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £596k to £946k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Acts Trust 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 Prayer for Israel (£945k), Chichester Diocesan Association for Family Support Work (£947k) and Brighter Horizons (£945k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 76%, donations and legacies 21% and trading 1.5%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £160k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.