ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1175060 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

ACT, Ardonagh Community Trust, is the independent charity of The Ardonagh Group, through which we channel the spirit of Ardonagh employees globally into initiatives that make the world a better place. We take the local efforts of colleagues and amplify their impact through six actions: Match Funding, Volunteering, Community Grants, Charity partnerships, Bright Future Prize and sustainability.

Objects

1. TO APPLY THE TRUST'S CAPITAL AND INCOME IN THE UK FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR OTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE HAVING REGARD TO THE PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES CONCERNED AND WHICH ADVANCE ONE OR MORE OF THE BELOW:A. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY;B. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATIONC. THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR THE SAVING OF LIVESD. THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTE. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE OR SCIENCEF. THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORTG. THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENTH. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGEI. THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANIMAL WELFAREJ. THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN, OR OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE POLICE, FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES OR AMBULANCE SERVICES2. ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS WITHIN THE LEGAL MEANING OF THE TERM AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £303,874, which is slightly above the trustees' stated target of up to £300,000. The charity reported a net expenditure of £146,919, funded by a combination of incoming resources and existing reserves, with total income increasing significantly to £689,506.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ACT (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 30.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN TINERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANTONIOS EROTOCRITOU
• DAVID CHRISTOPHER ROSS
• Derek Coles
• Kelly-Ann Knight
• Paul Lynam
• Rory Best
• Sarah Williams

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

Operates in: Ireland · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ARDAGH COMMUNITY TRUST.

• ARDAGH COMMUNITY TRUST income £69k
• ANGLIAN COMMUNITY TRUST (ACT) income £139k
• DORSET COMMUNITY ACTION income £666k
• ACTIVE COMMUNITIES NETWORK LIMITED income £1.9m
• ACTIONAID income £47.6m
• ACTES TRUST income £666k

Side by side with its peers

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