ACT FOR CHANGE

Registered charity 1119291 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our main activities are to provide: - 1:1 counselling or psychotherapy for young people. - Assessment & support planning - Carer & parenting support- Ongoing supervision, training for our partners & stakeholders in the wellbeing of young people5) We also run forums in the community around difficult, often marginalised issues affecting young people and their families.

Objects

The promotion of racial harmony for the public benefit by: the advancement of the education of the public in the history of the Holocaust and by the provision of information, training, resources, materials and support; Working towards the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of race. To promote the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people who have experienced trauma by providing therapeutic support, counselling services, and trauma-informed interventions that address both individual and collective experiences of trauma, with particular attention to cultural, communal, and developmental needs.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£215k
Latest spending
£211k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £12,435 at the end of the financial year, which is below the charity's stated policy target of three months of operating costs (approximately £35,000). The charity reported a net movement in funds of £6,391 for the year, resulting in total funds of £59,796, and the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (70% of income)
“Income from: Donations and legacies 150,824 64,300 215,124”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £12k; policy: three months of operating costs approximately £35,000)
“As at 31 October 2025, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £16,335 representing 46.6% of the target.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Act for Change (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford · Bexley · Greenwich · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
29/10/2025£215k£211k
29/10/2024£215k£246k
29/10/2023£271k£260k
29/10/2022£213k£143k
29/10/2021£77k£86k

Common questions

Is ACT FOR CHANGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £12,435 at the end of the financial year, which is below the charity's stated policy target of three months of operating costs (approximately £35,000). The charity reported a net movement in funds of £6,391 for the year, resulting in total funds of £59,796, and the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2025£18kCompassionate Communities
The National Lottery Community Fund08/09/2022£50kGrowing Connectedness and Care
The National Lottery Community Fund23/10/2019£10kHealing together from street violence
The National Lottery Community Fund12/06/2018£10kCommunity-based healing of past trauma
The National Lottery Community Fund04/05/2016£9kCatching the Past in the Present: tracking past trauma in our communit