Activate Community and Education Services

Analysis

Activate Community and Education Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in March 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05493554). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Activate Community and Education Services reported income of £2.7m and spending of £2.5m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.7m (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Activate Community and Education Services 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include People for Animal Care Trust (Pact) (£2.7m), The Box Moor Trust (£2.7m) and Congregation of Jesus (Loreto Sisters) English Province (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 105 people.