Registered charity · Lincoln
Acts Trust
- 7 trustees
- Income £946k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 5 more
- Where
- Lincolnshire
- Website
- www.actstrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Acts Trust
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£946k£1.0m
- 2024£998k£884k
- 2023£977k£941k
Earlier years
- 2022£600k£586k
- 2021£596k£461k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH MONEY, ADVICE, DEBT MANAGEMENT, GOODS AND OR SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS:3.2 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY RECYCLING AND PROVISION OF FURNITURE, CLOTHES AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS;3.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE FOR THE PURPOSES OF HELPING SUCH PEOPLE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT AND INTEGRATING THEM INTO THE COMMUNITY;3.4 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF UNDER SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION, SUPPORT SERVICES, NURSERY AND CRECHE FACILITIES AND OTHER SUCH SERVICES FOR PARENT AND TODDLER GROUPS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME APPROPRIATE;3.5 THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH OF THE PARENTS AND CARERS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT SERVICES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MUTUAL SUPPORT NETWORKS BETWEEN PARENTS AND CARERS;3.6 THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON ON THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES OR ACTIVITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF BETTER INTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY AND CRIME REDUCTION;3.7 THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS; AND 3.8 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTORS.
Grants received
34 grants · £1,276,450 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £371,087 (5 grants)
- Trussell · £314,070 (9 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £265,419 (5 grants)
- Mercers' Charitable Foundation · £95,000
- Postcode Community Trust · £75,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Postcode Community Trust
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Ceri Lennon since 2026
- David Collins since 2017
- Edward Scrase-Hollamby since 2026
- James Boughton-Thomas since 2021
- Jason Gibson since 2024
- Lydia Daubney since 2026
- Melanie Smith since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- David Collins since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Ceri Lennon since 2026
- David Collins since 2017
- Edward Scrase-Hollamby since 2026
- James Boughton-Thomas since 2021
- Jason Gibson since 2024
- Lydia Daubney since 2026
- Melanie Smith since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1119911
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 SEPTEMBER 2006 AS AMENDED 7 FEBRUARY 2007
- Companies House
- Company number 05929370 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01522542166 · office@actstrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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