ACTS TRUST

Registered charity 1119911 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making a difference to the lives of poeple and communities in and around Lincoln by running projects through funding.such as feeding the homeless, debt advice and debt management, food parcels for those in need, providing sport and creative actibities for disadvantaged young people, and many more projects as above.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£946k
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £75,152 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £491,305 to £416,153. The trustees note that the charity is entering a season of transition and growth, focusing on sustainability and expanding its reach through new initiatives like a social enterprise launch.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Acts 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).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£946k
Total spending
£1.0m
Cost of raising funds
£9k
Reserves (reported)
£160k
Employees
30

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£946k£1.0m
31/08/2024£998k£884k
31/08/2023£977k£941k
31/08/2022£600k£586k
31/08/2021£596k£461k

Common questions

Is ACTS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £75,152 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £491,305 to £416,153. The trustees note that the charity is entering a season of transition and growth, focusing on sustainability and expanding its reach through new initiatives like a social enterprise launch. 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 Mercers' Company02/07/2026£95kGrant to Acts Trust
Postcode Lottery23/12/2024£75kMillionaire Street 2024 11w3
The Mercers' Company04/10/2023£95kGrant to Acts Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2022£10kLincoln Foodbank (Acts Trust)
UK government28/02/2020£2kUK Youth Fund YAF
UK government28/02/2020£3kUK Youth Fund YAF

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE EVELYN TRUST1£61k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON1£54k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED1£2k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ACTS TRUST£946k0unclearno doubt
LINCOLNSHIRE ACTION TRUST FY2025£2.8munclearno doubt
BROMLEY FC COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST FY2024£501k0unclearnoted
ACTES TRUST FY2024£666k0unclearno doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE LINCOLNSHIRE FY2024£314k0unclearno doubt
ANGLIAN COMMUNITY TRUST (ACT) FY2022£139k0unclearno doubt

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