Army Cadet Charitable Trust UK

Registered charity 305962 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACCT Cymru, ACCT NI, ACCT Northern Ireland, ACCT Scotland, ACCT UK, ACCT Wales · also registered in Scotland as SC039057 (OSCR)

The Association is dedicated to promoting the ideals and activities of the Army Cadet Force, a national, military themed, voluntary youth movement open to boys and girls of all backgrounds and abilities. In providing educational, adventurous, competitve and social activities the Association's key priorities are citizenship development, leadership training, and confidence building.

Objects

(1) TO GIVE MENTAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND SO TO FORM AND DEVELOP THE CHARACTER OF EACH AS TO ENABLE THEM TO MAKE A GOOD START IN LIFE AND TO DEVELOP IN THEM PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP.(2) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMY CADET FORCE THROUGH FOSTERING THE ACTIVITIES OF ARMY CADETS AND ADVANCING THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP ABILITIES OF ARMY CADET FORCE ADULT VOLUNTEERS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£8.4m

Latest spending

£7.3m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £1,652,703 for the year ended 31 March 2026, driven by a significant increase in donations and grants from the Ministry of Defence. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £1,660,912, which the trustees confirmed was within their stated policy target range of £1,609,839 to £3,219,658. The accounts state that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £120,000 - £129,999 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)

“The following number of employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs and employer's national insurance) during the year between: 2026 No. £60,000 - £69,999 £70,000 - £79,999 £80,000 - £89,999 £90,000 - £99,999 £120,000 - £129,999 2025 No. 2 1 1 1 - ” — page 32

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 5

“The following number of employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs and employer's national insurance) during the year between: 2026 No. £60,000 - £69,999 £70,000 - £79,999 £80,000 - £89,999 £90,000 - £99,999 £120,000 - £129,999 2025 No. 2 1 1 1 - ” — page 32

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Donations and grants (95% of income)

“Income for the year included donations and grants of £8,023,416 (2025: £5,698,587), income for supporting cadets and volunteers of £311,401 (2025: £127,631), other trading activities of £3,000 (2025: £39,116) and investment income and interest of £90,891 (2025: £97,218). Total gross income amounted to £8,428,708 (2025: £5,962,552).” — page 9

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three to six months (reserves figure: £1.7m)

“The Reserves Policy defines the target level of reserves as an amount sufficient to maintain ongoing operations and programmes for three to six months.” — page 11

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2025) → 5 (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed 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
Complaints handling
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
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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

Government income: £7,663,591 — grants £7,663,591 (2); 91% of the £8,428,708 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 5 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 16
Government income: £5,640,076 — grants £5,640,076 (1); 95% of the £5,962,552 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 16
Government income: £5,733,612 — grants £5,733,612 (1); 97% of the £5,940,729 total gross income on the same return

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00293432

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

SHYLLON, Charlotte Nancy Olayemi Ruth — director, appointed 04/06/2025on trustee list
HARRISON, Simon Trevor — director, appointed 02/05/2025on trustee list
DICKSON, Sarah Elizabeth — director, appointed 08/12/2022on trustee list
CAPPS, Duncan Francis — director, appointed 19/11/2022not on trustee list
QUIN, Joyce Alexandra — director, appointed 26/02/2022on trustee list
RICE-ADAMS, Oliver Charles — director, appointed 26/02/2022on trustee list
CHIPP, David — director, appointed 30/07/2021on trustee list
TARKA, Justin Tavershima — director, appointed 10/04/2021on trustee list
RALPH, Jemma Kate — director, appointed 17/01/2020on trustee list
ADAMS, Wendy Ann — director, appointed 31/03/2017on trustee list
TEARNEY, Christopher, Colonel — director, appointed 20/01/2014on trustee list
MEAKIN, Faye — secretary, appointed 12/01/2024
URQUHART, Murdo Norfolk Soulsby, Colonel — secretary, appointed 01/01/2017
WALTON, Richard Andrew — secretary, appointed 15/09/2015

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income

£8.4m

Total spending

£7.3m

Cost of raising funds

£84k

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Duncan Francis Capps CBEchair
Charlotte Nancy Olayemi Ruth Shyllon
Christopher Tearney
David Chipp
Jemma Kate Ralph
Joyce Alexandra Quin
Justin Tavershima Tarka
Michael Gibbons
Oliver Charles Rice-Adams
Sarah Elizabeth Dickson
Simon Harrison
Wendy Ann Adams

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£8.4m	£7.3m
31/03/2025	£6.0m	£5.8m
31/03/2024	£5.9m	£5.0m
31/03/2023	£4.4m	£4.6m
31/03/2022	£4.0m	£4.2m

Common questions

Is Army Cadet Charitable Trust UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a net income of £1,652,703 for the year ended 31 March 2026, driven by a significant increase in donations and grants from the Ministry of Defence. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £1,660,912, which the trustees confirmed was within their stated policy target range of £1,609,839 to £3,219,658. The accounts state that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of Army Cadet Charitable Trust UK earn?

Per its FY2026 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £120,000 - £129,999 band, and 5 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds Army Cadet Charitable Trust UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Army Cadet Charitable Trust UK as a grant recipient include THE ROTHLEY TRUST, WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROTHLEY TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE ROTHLEY TRUST	FY2023	£2k	Children and Young People
THE ROTHLEY TRUST	FY2022	£2k	Institutional grant
THE ROTHLEY TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE ROTHLEY TRUST	FY2021	£2k	Institutional grant
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND	FY2022	£500	Project Grants

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Community Foundation North East	22/01/2026	£1k	Grant to Army Cadet Charitable Trust UK
Community Foundation North East	23/01/2025	£1k	Grant to Army Cadet Charitable Trust UK
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/04/2010	£10k	Climbing to Succeed

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND	2	£510k
Army Benevolent Fund	2	£476k
THE ARMY DEPENDANTS' TRUST	1	£3.3m
THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION	1	£3.1m
THE ARMY CENTRAL FUND	1	£2.0m
ROYAL ARTILLERY CHARITABLE FUND	1	£407k
THE REME CHARITY	1	£348k
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S CORPS ASSOCIATION	1	£175k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Air Cadet Charity CIO.

Air Cadet Charity CIO income £1.4m
ARMED FORCES EDUCATION TRUST income £555k
CARE AFTER COMBAT income £973k
Army Benevolent Fund income £13.7m
SURREY ARMY CADET FORCE ASSOCIATION income £45k
THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUST income £9.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Army Cadet Charitable Trust UK	£8.4m	£120,000 - £129,999	5	within	—	no doubt
Air Cadet Charity CIO FY2026	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ARMED FORCES EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£555k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CARE AFTER COMBAT FY2025	£973k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Army Benevolent Fund FY2026	£13.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SURREY ARMY CADET FORCE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£45k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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