Ace Youth Trust

Analysis

Ace Youth Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashbourne. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ace Youth Trust reported income of £40k and spending of £33k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £66k to £40k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ace Youth Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The New Addington Good Samaritans (£40k), Project Le Monde (£40k) and Ground Floor (£40k).