C2C SOCIAL ACTION

Registered charity 1159784 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

C2C Social Action supports any individual at any stage of the Criminal Justice System. We work to reduce reoffending through our specialist services across Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes. These include women's centres in Northampton, Kettering and Milton Keynes, along with 1-1 and group support to adults and young people.

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

Latest income
£918k
Latest spending
£882k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total funds of £259,173, an increase from £223,866 in the previous year, driven by a net income of £35,307. Unrestricted reserves reached £200,664, meeting the trustees' policy target of holding three months' running costs, which demonstrates improved financial resilience compared to the prior year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £201k)
“The Trustees have set a reserves policy that considers the main risks to the organisation. The policy is to hold the equivalent to a minimum of 3 months’ running costs in free available unrestricted funds.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Total income
£918k
Total spending
£882k
Reserves (reported)
£201k
Employees
28

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Milton Keynes · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£918k£882k
31/03/2024£914k£769k
31/03/2023£507k£550k
31/03/2022£470k£345k
31/03/2021£470k£345k

Common questions

Is C2C SOCIAL ACTION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported total funds of £259,173, an increase from £223,866 in the previous year, driven by a net income of £35,307. Unrestricted reserves reached £200,664, meeting the trustees' policy target of holding three months' running costs, which demonstrates improved financial resilience compared to the prior year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds C2C SOCIAL ACTION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name C2C SOCIAL ACTION as a grant recipient include SMALLWOOD TRUST, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SMALLWOOD TRUSTFY2021£26k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£19k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/10/2025£490kWomen's Wellbeing Navigators
The National Lottery Community Fund08/08/2024£20kKettering Women's Centre towards core costs
Postcode Lottery28/03/2024£70kMillionaire Street 2024 02w4
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2023£10kC2C Grows
UK government01/04/2022£148kWomen's Community Sector Organisations Services/Interventions Funding 2022/25
UK government01/04/2022£90kWomen's Community Sector - Core Costs Funding
UK government01/04/2022£144kWomen's Community Sector - Services & Interventions Funding
UK government01/04/2022£10kWomen's Community Sector - Services & Interventions Funding
UK government01/04/2022£15kWomen's Community Sector - Core Costs Funding
UK government01/04/2022£90kWomen's Community Sector Organisations Core Costs Funding 2022/25
The National Lottery Community Fund21/01/2022£10kC2C Grows
UK government18/01/2021£42kWomen's Community Sector Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2020£10kC2C Covid response
The National Lottery Community Fund05/04/2019£10kDevelopment of Support Groups
UK government01/01/2019£26kCommunity Investment Fund