Achieve Change and Engagement Ace

Analysis

Achieve Change and Engagement Ace is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in May 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Achieve Change and Engagement Ace reported income of £160k and spending of £141k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £234k to £160k (-32%), an average of -9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Achieve Change and Engagement Ace sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The National Society for Phenylketonuria (United Kingdom) Limited (£160k), Talk Direct Charitable Trust (£160k) and Home-Start Erewash (£160k).