ACORN COMMUNITY CARE

Registered charity 1095207 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACORN SERVICES (NORTH YORKSHIRE)

The Charity's aim is to provide Day opportunities and supported living for people who have a learning disabilities and other complex health needs in the North Yorkshire area

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL AND/OR LEARNING DISABILITIES, IN NORTH YORKSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS (THE "AREA OF BENEFIT"), IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SHELTERED EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.

Area of benefit: NORTH YORKSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted surplus of £95,076 for the year, bringing total cumulative reserves to £645,080. However, the trustees note that the level of free reserves stands at £63,533, which they consider reasonable to meet unexpected calls. The filing acknowledges significant financial sustainability risks due to a lack of funding uplifts from the main local authority funder and increased employer national insurance costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Millet Accountants Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04528689

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• NAIT OUAARAB, Hassan — director, appointed 12/02/2025not on trustee list
• VAREY, Oliver — director, appointed 12/02/2025on trustee list
• HOLLIDAY, Ruth — director, appointed 08/05/2024on trustee list
• STORR, Carolyn — director, appointed 10/10/2019on trustee list
• BELL, Toby Bartholomew — director, appointed 23/11/2011on trustee list
• NEAL, Steven — director, appointed 11/09/2002on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

CQC provider record: Acorn Community Care — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 16/01/2020.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Acorn Community Care: Good (20/02/2020) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carolyn Storr
• Hassan Nait Ouaarab
• Oliver Varey
• Ruth Holliday
• STEVEN NEAL
• TOBY BARTHOLOMEW BELL

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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 ACORN VILLAGES LIMITED.

• ACORN VILLAGES LIMITED income £4.7m
• RIPON COMMUNITY LINK COMPANY LIMITED income £948k
• ACORN PRE-SCHOOL CIO income £127k
• ACORN ALTERNATIVE PROVISION income £492k
• OUTREACH COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTIAL SERVICES income £2.8m
• Learning Disability Network London Limited income £22.7m

Side by side with its peers

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