The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Acorns Children's Hospice Trust

Registered charity 700859 Registered since 1988

Operates: Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire

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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.

15 trustees on the board

4.2y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

Portfolio (1)

15
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 15The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 15Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 15Retail and trade 7Professional services 6

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£22.2m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 6.5 in 2021

428 from 389 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
11%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.acorns.org.uk
Emailfinance.admin@acorns.org.uk
Phone01564825000
AddressAcorns House, 103 Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, BIRMINGHAM, B29 6HZ

Finances

£22,219,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£17,683,000£15,503,000
2022£19,398,000£15,011,000
2023£18,591,000£17,194,000
2024£20,957,000£20,544,000
2025£22,219,000£23,150,000

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (OBJECTS) ARE TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ILLNESS AND SUFFERING IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT IN PARTICULAR IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND ADJACENT AREAS AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE OBJECTS): 1.1.1 BY PROVIDING HOLISTIC PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS WHO HAVE A LIFE-LIMITING OR LIFE-THREATENING CONDITION. 1.1.2 BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE FAMILY OF ANY CHILD OR YOUNG PERSON WHO HAS A LIFE-LIMITING OR LIFE-THREATENING CONDITION NEEDED IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE ILLNESS, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY OR DEATH OF ANY SUCH CHILD OR YOUNG PERSON.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10/07/1986AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/09/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/07/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/11/2004NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 08/10/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 21/10/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/11/2015 as amended on 14 Nov 2023

Trustees (15)

15trustees
63median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Acorns Children's Hospice Trust · 02036103 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 10/07/1986

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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