Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology

Analysis

Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stroud. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09544506). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology reported income of £1.2m and spending of £909k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £1.4m to £1.2m (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Voluntary Sector North West (£1.2m), The Nfu Mutual Charitable Trust (£1.2m) and Bedworth, Rugby and Nuneaton Citizens Advice Bureau (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Reserves of £111k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.