ACTION FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1132051 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We support asylum seekers, refugees and other migrants in the North East of England to lead lives that are safe, independent and fulfilled, by providing supported accommodation and free English language and employment classes. Our ?Skills for Life? English language classes are delivered from our classrooms in Newcastle and Sunderland, as well as in other centres through our community partnerships.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE:3.1 THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE ANDASSISTANCE, TRAINING AND THE PROVISION OF HOUSING AND ACCOMMODATION FORPERSONS IN NEED OF SUCH PROVISIONS AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING ANDLIVING CONDITIONS FOR SUCH PERSONS;3.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT;3.3 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH,DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE, PARTICULARLY PERSONSSUFFERING OR RECOVERING FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE, EATING DISORDERS,PROSTITUTION OR PERSONS IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS; AND3.4 THE PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OFHUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS ANDDECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMSOF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NORTH EAST ENGLAND AND THE WORLD

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves decreased to £101,352, which the Trustees consider to be in line with their policy target of maintaining three months of unrestricted expenditure (c. £95k). The charity reported a net income surplus of £166,112 for the year, with total income exceeding total expenditure, allowing for the purchase of a new property and the maintenance of sufficient liquidity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kinnair Associates 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £516k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (53% 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: 4.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Lyallchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANDREW COULSON
• Gabrielle Suzanne Mandell
• Helen Louise Young
• Sally Hamilton

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Integration Support.

• Integration Support income £345k
• REFUGEE ACTION income £6.9m
• ACTION WEST LONDON income £782k
• ENGLISH FOR ALL income £31k
• FUND FOR ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION income £30k
• NORTH EAST DIVERSITY EDUCATION AND SOLIDARITY income £183k

Side by side with its peers

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