The Actors' Children's Trust

Analysis

The Actors' Children's Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Actors' Children's Trust reported income of £219k and spending of £366k, spending 167% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £222k to £219k (-1.2%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 309% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Actors' Children's Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Feathers Futures CIO (£219k), Comfort Cases UK (£220k) and Love, Mercy, Hope (£219k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.