ABBEY ACCESS CENTRE

Registered charity 1079642 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Contribute to the economic, social and environmental regeneration of the Abbey Ward and City of Lincoln area.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£900k
Latest spending
£923k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £22,545 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £255,108 to £232,562. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds were maintained at a level equating to a minimum of approximately six months of unrestricted expenditure, which the trustees confirm was sustained throughout the year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months unrestricted expenditure (held: £221k)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level, which equates to a minimum of approximately six months unrestricted expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£900k
Total spending
£923k
Cost of raising funds
£74k
Reserves (reported)
£221k
Employees
24

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£900k£923k
31/03/2024£845k£842k
31/03/2023£939k£937k
31/03/2022£935k£848k
31/03/2021£491k£490k

Common questions

Is ABBEY ACCESS CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £22,545 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £255,108 to £232,562. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds were maintained at a level equating to a minimum of approximately six months of unrestricted expenditure, which the trustees confirm was sustained throughout the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ABBEY ACCESS CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ABBEY ACCESS CENTRE as a grant recipient include BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATIONFY2022£59k
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATIONFY2025£17k
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATIONFY2024£5k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/05/2026£442kBuild For Your Future
The National Lottery Community Fund24/10/2024£61kBetter Together - One project that works Better Together II - Abbey Access
The National Lottery Community Fund23/10/2024£20kCounselling in the Community
The National Lottery Community Fund24/02/2023£10kCounselling - supporting our learners
The National Lottery Community Fund19/11/2021£10kImprove your Wellbeing
The National Lottery Community Fund02/12/2019£10kBetter Help for you
The National Lottery Community Fund19/11/2014£10kGet out of the house and learn new skills
The National Lottery Community Fund11/05/2011£258kAction Into Employment
The National Lottery Community Fund20/01/2011£8kPre Entry ESOL in the Community
The National Lottery Community Fund28/03/2007£5kVolunteer Skills Sharing

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PSALM 84 V.10.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ABBEY ACCESS CENTRE£900k—0above—no doubt
PSALM 84 V.10 FY2024£106k—0unclear—no doubt
ABBEY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£2.0m£80,001 - £90,0001below—no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE MID LINCOLNSHIRE FY2025£501k—0unclear—no doubt
STONELEIGH ABBEY LIMITED FY2024£568k—0unclear—no doubt
LYNEMOUTH DAY CENTRE LTD FY2025£365k—0below—noted

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.