HACRO

Registered charity 1163064 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Mission: Our Mission is to offer support for offenders, potential offenders and their families to manage positive change in their lives; to engage with influential partners in the community of Hertfordshire and neighbouring counties; and to work to establish a range of educational and training initiatives with a focus on gaps in provision.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£295k
Latest spending
£300k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased slightly from £159,552 to £155,132, with unrestricted reserves standing at £135,301. The trustees report that financial controls were reviewed and found adequate, and they have secured significant longer-term funding to support programmes for six months without further income. However, the charity acknowledges a risk regarding the need to secure new income sources to replace expensed funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £135k)
We seek to keep reserves enabling us to support our programmes for a further six months without raising further income. — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — HACRO (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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford · Cambridgeshire · Essex · Hertfordshire · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£295k£300k
31/03/2024£224k£274k
31/03/2023£198k£245k
31/03/2022£298k£298k
31/03/2021£350k£234k

Common questions

Is HACRO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased slightly from £159,552 to £155,132, with unrestricted reserves standing at £135,301. The trustees report that financial controls were reviewed and found adequate, and they have secured significant longer-term funding to support programmes for six months without further income. However, the charity acknowledges a risk regarding the need to secure new income sources to replace expensed funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government08/11/2024£4kALB-Sport England-Sport TurnAround
The National Lottery Community Fund21/12/2023£318kTurnAround
UK government25/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund04/10/2018£10kWorkAbility