THE ANN CRAFT TRUST

Registered charity 1086592 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ANN CRAFT TRUST-ACTING AGAINST ABUSE

Ann Craft Trust is a national charity working with organisations who have safeguarding adults responsibilities and in the interests of people who may be at risk of abuse.We do this through:- Advice, guidance and signposting- Consultation and audits- Publications and resources- Training, seminars, workshops and conferences- Research

Objects

a) To facilitate the safeguarding of all adults at risk and disabled children and young people who are vulnerable to abuse. To work towards the prevention of all abuse.b) To offer information and support to individuals and professionals, organisations and agencies working/caring in this field, and to advance the education and training of all organisations, charities, individuals and/or groups of individuals concerned with the protection of adults at risk and disabled children and young people.c) To raise the general level of public awareness of issues relating to the abuse of all adults at risk and disabled children and young people.d) To relieve all adults at risk and disabled children and young people who have been abused and are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.e) To relieve and support the parents / carers of such persons as appropriate who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.f) To conduct any other activity whatever which can, in the opinion of the Management Committee, be advantageously conducted in connection with or ancillary to any of the business of the Charity and for such other supplementary matters as may be necessary or expedient for carrying out the principal objectives set out above, provided that such supplementary matters are charitable.g) To procure and print, publish, issue and circulate gratuitously or otherwise reports or periodicals, books, pamphlets, leaflets, films, videotapes, advertisements and appeals.h) To improve and elevate the technical and general knowledge of the organisations and individuals engaged in, or about to engage in, the care of adults at risk and disabled children and young people, or in any employment in connection therewith and to this end, either alone or in conjunction with universities, schools or other educational establishments or other bodies whatsoever, provide lectures, exhibitions, seminars, classes and conferences as may be required or applicable from time to time.i) To promote a better understanding of the needs of all adults at risk and disabled children and young people who have been abused and to promote public awareness, advocate and counsel on areas of common concern on this issue.j) To provide for the affiliation of such of the organisations and individuals who so wish to join the Charity and to promote the achievement of the objects of the Charity.k) To stimulate, undertake and encourage experimental work on the training of all adults at risk and disabled children and young people and others in relation to their special needs and requirements and in particular relating to such needs and requirements after the occurrence of abuse.l) To bring into association and intercourse locally, nationally and internationally any bodies and persons engaged in or about to engage in the furtherance of the objects of the Charity.m) To promote the formation of any charitable bodies or organisations and to assist or enter into arrangements with such bodies or organisations in the furtherance of the purpose of the Charity, and in particular to render assistance either directly or indirectly to Government Departments or Public Authorities in the administration of statute and orders relating to adults at risk and disabled children and young people in such manner as such assistance may from time to time be requested by such Government Departments and Public Authorities or as the Charity may deem advisable.n) To provide, assist or promote the establishment of support, through various means such as the provision and maintenance of charitable clinics, schools, homes, hostels, places for observation or boarding occupations, workshops, training centres, employment centres, clubs, libraries and other places in connection with the furtherance of the objects of the Charity and to provide services at or in connection with such places either gratuitously or otherwise.o) To do all such acts and things which shall be calculated to promote the wellbeing of adults at risk and disabled children and young people and their families / carers and in particular for their rehabilitation after the occurrence of abuse.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 the charity reported a net expenditure of £41,935 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves. However, the trustees confirm the charity remains financially stable with unrestricted reserves of £292,320, which are above the stated policy minimum of £199,150.

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 4 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
• Internal risk management 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Ann Craft Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Sport England — “Safeguarding Adults in Sport and Activity is a project funded by Sport England to develop best practice in safeguarding adults at risk.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Beverley Brooks MBE
• Dr Deborah Peat
• Dr Elisabeth Alton
• Dr Mark Brookes
• Natasha Schofield
• Paul Johnson
• Sarah Mander

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ARTVENTURE TRUST LIMITED.

• ARTVENTURE TRUST LIMITED income £129k
• CROFT CARE TRUST income £2.6m
• CARERS TRUST income £13.0m
• ANNIE'S TRUST income £161k
• THE CREATIVE DIMENSION TRUST income £152k
• CARETRADE CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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