Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 0

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
No PartB

Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: 1

ACORNS CHARITABLE TRUST

Provision and maintenance of a playing field and recreation ground and to provide other facilities for the benefit of the community at large and for persons who by reason of youth, age, infirmity, disability, poverty, social or economic circumstances have special need for such facilities, with a view to improving their health and well-being.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Income has been volatile recently and was substantially in excess of spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
30/06/23		£38	£24	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/22		£41	£12	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/21		£28	£8	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/20	*	£50	£18	£32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/19	*	£84	£34	£50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/18		£55	£21	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/17		£37	£24	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/16		£48	£36	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/15		£15	£11	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/14		£14	£14	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/13		£15	£16	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/12		£18	£19	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/11		£16	£17	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/10	*	£23	£22	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/09		£12	£16	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/08		£16	£12	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/07		£24	£23	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/06		£17	£15	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/05		£11	£11	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/04		£12	£12	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 22 years

trustee@acornscharity.org.uk

07534916205

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Financial or material assistance

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

East Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Surrey, Throughout London, West Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sport England - Places and Spaces (Crowdfunding)
£0	06/09/2022	Funding under Sport England's Crowdfunder Initiative, 'Places and Spaces', a United by Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games legacy fund. This was an online crowdfunding campaign which Sport England ....more Funding under Sport England's Crowdfunder Initiative, 'Places and Spaces', a United by Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games legacy fund. This was an online crowdfunding campaign which Sport England contributed towards, with a pledge value of £5,000. They achieved themselves an additional crowdfund raise value of £11,323 from 115 supporters ('the crowd'). The campaign's description was: 'We are raising funds for planning application and multiple surveys to build a bespoke boxing and fitness gym at Eastbourne Borough FC' Their campaign page can be viewed here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/football-and-boxing-for-eastbourne
National Lottery Community Fund - Computerisation & Networking of Facilities for new Community Officer & Memb
£10,000	21/02/2013 12	This is a project by a registered charity in Eastbourne. The organisation will use the funding to purchase IT equipment and whiteboard to support administration and delivery of courses to local ....more This is a project by a registered charity in Eastbourne. The organisation will use the funding to purchase IT equipment and whiteboard to support administration and delivery of courses to local residents including IT skills and employment advice and support. This will enable them to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their administration and course delivery, allowing more people to access the courses.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ABIGAIL SHEPHERD Appointed: 2022

ANDREW JOHN MILLER (Chair) Appointed: 2019

JEANETTE LINDA COLEMAN Appointed: 2022

JOHN DALY Appointed: 2022

KAREN DONNA PESKETT Appointed: 2022

LEE EDWARD JAMES SMITH Appointed: 2017

MICHAEL FREDERICK GRIMER

ROBERT COLEMAN

STEPHEN GEORGE CARTER

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/02/2002, number: 1090804

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR20: 44 days late, AR19: 20 days late, AR10: 88 days late,

Main office

LANGNEY SPORTS CLUB
EASTBOURNE
BN23 7QH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO USE THE PROPERTY AS A PLAYING FIELD AND RECREATION GROUND AND TO PROVIDE OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND THE PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE SPECIAL NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES, WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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