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.

Objects

3.1 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH MONEY, ADVICE, DEBT MANAGEMENT, GOODS AND OR SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS:3.2 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY RECYCLING AND PROVISION OF FURNITURE, CLOTHES AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS;3.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE FOR THE PURPOSES OF HELPING SUCH PEOPLE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT AND INTEGRATING THEM INTO THE COMMUNITY;3.4 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF UNDER SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION, SUPPORT SERVICES, NURSERY AND CRECHE FACILITIES AND OTHER SUCH SERVICES FOR PARENT AND TODDLER GROUPS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME APPROPRIATE;3.5 THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH OF THE PARENTS AND CARERS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT SERVICES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUTUAL SUPPORT NETWORKS BETWEEN PARENTS AND CARERS;3.6 THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON ON THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES OR ACTIVITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF BETTER INTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY AND CRIME REDUCTION;3.7 THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS; AND 3.8 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTORS.

Area of benefit: LINCOLNSHIRE

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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.

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
• Investment
• 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

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).

• People’s Postcode Lottery — “People’s Postcode Lottery” (source page)
• National Lottery – Community Fund — “National Lottery – Community Fund” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Garfield Weston Foundation” (source page)
• Co-op Community Champions — “Co-op Community Champions” (source page)
• Evan Cornish Foundation — “Evan Cornish Foundation” (source page)

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

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

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (76% 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: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (01/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ceri Lennon
• David Collins
• Edward Scrase-Hollamby
• James Boughton-Thomas
• Jason Gibson
• Lydia Daubney
• MELANIE SMITH

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

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 ACT (AFRICAN CHILD TRUST).

• ACT (AFRICAN CHILD TRUST) income £204k
• LINCOLNSHIRE ACTION TRUST income £2.8m
• BROMLEY FC COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST income £501k
• ACTES TRUST income £666k
• ARTS TRUST PRODUCTIONS income £614k
• CITIZENS ADVICE LINCOLNSHIRE income £314k

Side by side with its peers

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