ACTES TRUST

Registered charity 1122223 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACTU8, WEST MIDDLESBROUGH NEIGHBOURHOOD TRUST, WEST MIDDLESBROUGH NEIGHBOURHOOD TRUST LIMITED

Actes? expertise lies in identifying the needs of the individual, genuine engagement and developing innovative solutions to achieve change. The Charity has a successful track record of developing and delivering both accredited and non-accredited programmes using a unique peer-led approach. Actes has also developed a successful life coaching model to enable clients to progress towards their goals.

Objects

3. THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR WEST MIDDLESBROUGH).

Area of benefit: IN PARTICULAR, WEST MIDDLESBROUGH.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with an operating deficit of £295,078, resulting in a total reduction of reserves by £372,555. Despite the loss, the trustees report that the overall financial position remains strong with unrestricted reserves of £2,107,965, which are significantly above the stated policy target of £600,000. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Anderson Barrowcliff Limited. 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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• KFC Youth Hub — “One Year On: KFC Youth Hub Makes Powerful Impact at the Resource Centre” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~18.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (61% 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: 61.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• GEOFFREY DONALD PAYNEchair
• Elaine Corbyn
• Michael Barber
• SHARON STUTTARD

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

Operates in: Darlington · Middlesbrough · Redcar And Cleveland · Stockton-on-tees

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

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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
• ACTS 435 income £1.2m
• ACTS TRUST income £946k
• THE HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS' CHARITABLE TRUST income £4.8m
• ACTS FAST income £142k
• ANGLIAN COMMUNITY TRUST (ACT) income £139k

Side by side with its peers

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