Act (African Child Trust)

Analysis

Act (African Child Trust) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in August 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Act (African Child Trust) reported income of £204k and spending of £223k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £175k to £204k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Act (African Child Trust) sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Carlton Hayes Mental Health Charity (£204k), Ahavas Chessed Gur Ltd. (£204k) and Sea - Change Projects Ltd (£204k).