Burnley Acorn Fund

Analysis

Burnley Acorn Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burnley. It was registered in March 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Burnley Acorn Fund reported income of £21k and spending of £15k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8,842 to £21k (+132%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Burnley Acorn Fund sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Running Well (£21k), Project Return (£21k) and Friends of Mengo Hospital (£21k).