Patra Incorporating Acda Limited

Analysis

Patra Incorporating Acda Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in May 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02092920). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Patra Incorporating Acda Limited reported income of £179k and spending of £244k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £251k to £179k (-29%), an average of -8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Patra Incorporating Acda Limited sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southam United Charity (£179k), Kidderminster Foodbank (£179k) and Meir Hatorah (£179k).