Acorn AP Tendring

Analysis

Acorn AP Tendring is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Frinton-On-Sea. It was registered in August 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Acorn AP Tendring reported income of £90k and spending of £94k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £67k to £90k (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Acorn AP Tendring 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 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Paradise Garden Trust (£90k), Leigh Lollipops Nursery (£90k) and Thurnby and Bushby Playgroup (£90k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.