Acacia Charitable Trust

Analysis

Acacia Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Acacia Charitable Trust reported income of £75k and spending of £104k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £55k to £75k (+35%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 155% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Acacia Charitable Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fortune Forum (Summit) Limited (£75k), Educate Not Mutilate CIO (£75k) and Long Covid Kids and Friends (£75k).

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.