NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ACRE

Registered charity 1080038 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a countywide, independent charity, working with rural communities in Northamptonshire to improve their quality of life. Through community engagement and development we support communities to reduce rural isolation and vulnerability and work with them to create a vibrant, sustainable future for all. We are one of 38 Rural Community Councils working across England, making up the ACRE Network

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES TO IMPROVE THE LIFE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON PARTICULARLY THE RURAL COMMUNITIES

Area of benefit: NORTHAMPTON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £34,174, which is below the stated policy target of approximately three months of resources expended. The charity reported a net income deficit of £3,610 for the year, though total net assets increased due to the capital fund holding the revaluation surplus of the Hunsbury Hill Centre.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• GARETH JOHN LUGAR-MAWSONchair
• JON COURTNEY-THOMPSON
• Miranda Wixon
• Oliver Symons
• Richard Hollingum

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACTION WITH COMMUNITIES IN RURAL ENGLAND (ACRE).

• ACTION WITH COMMUNITIES IN RURAL ENGLAND (ACRE) income £5.0m
• CAMBRIDGESHIRE ACRE income £936k
• ACRE HOUSING income £1.3m
• THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF SHROPSHIRE income £1.4m
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.7m
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CARERS income £4.4m

Side by side with its peers

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