Active Communities Network Limited

Analysis

Active Communities Network Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in October 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06086438). It says it provides human resources, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Active Communities Network Limited reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.7m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £1.9m (+3.4%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Active Communities Network Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Headlong Theatre Limited (£1.9m), FACT Liverpool (£1.9m) and Manchester Camerata Limited (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £152k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 people.