Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

ACORNS (NORTH TYNESIDE)

Acorns offers a range of trauma informed support and therapeutic recovery services to address the impact of domestic abuse and violence on children, young people and families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£628£624£4£0£201£2013.91610
31/03/22£595£553£43£1£197£1763.8217
31/03/21£369£359£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£288£287£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£226£222£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£225£263£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£221£247£-26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£321£286£35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£264£262£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 3.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 5.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 11 years

www.acornsproject.org.uk

admin@acornsproject.org.uk

01913498366

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • North Tyneside, Northumberland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£139,125
The Coutts Foundation£120,000
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£90,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£55,000
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£49,776
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£39,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£25,700
Masonic Trust£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Coutts Foundation - Acorns Grant 1
£120,000 17/11/2023
36
An unrestricted grant to Acorns to provide services for victims and survivors of domestic abuse aged four to eighteen and their families in North Tyneside.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 13/10/2023
Acorns
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Acorns (North Tyneside)
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Acorns Project
£1,703 23/10/2021
We would like to provide added-value activities such as day trips, sports clubs, Christmas treats and craft and music sessions for our children and young people.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Acorns (North Tyneside)
£5,000 16/09/2021
The charity's objects
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 20/08/2021
Domestic Abuse Services for Children, Young People and Families
National Lottery Community Fund - Acorns Domestic Abuse Family Services
£120,000 21/07/2021
36
The project will use the funding over three years to support children young people and families affected by domestic violence. Working in partnership with other organisations the project will offer a range of holistic services and outreach work ....more
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Acorns (North Tyneside)
£7,500 24/06/2021
The organisation's charitable objects
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Acorns (North Tyneside)
£1,500 17/06/2021
Core costs for Acorns (North Tyneside) to provide support to children, young people and adults affected by domestic abuse
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - The organisation’s work with the victims and witnesses of domestic abuse in North Tyneside and Northumberland arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
£25,000 27/05/2021
The organisation’s work with the victims and witnesses of domestic abuse in North Tyneside and Northumberland arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Acorns (North Tyneside)
£25,000 27/05/2021
The organisation’s work with the victims and witnesses of domestic abuse in North Tyneside and Northumberland arising from the COVID-19 pandemic
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 26/05/2021
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Acorns Project
£90,000 29/04/2021
8% of operating costs over 3-years for a domestic abuse charity supporting families across North Tyneside and Northumberland.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - providing counselling to children in North Tyneside
£4,500 25/03/2021
providing counselling to children in North Tyneside
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - supporting children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse in North Tyneside
£10,000 18/03/2021
supporting children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse in North Tyneside
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Acorns Project
£3,604 24/10/2020
We aim to improve our services so we can help more children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse.
National Lottery Community Fund - Increase service capacity
£9,200 22/10/2020
6
The funding will be used to increase the project's capacity to provide support services for children young people and families affected by domestic abuse. This aims to keep vulnerable individuals safe reduce isolation and improve wellbeing.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - the charity's objects
£5,000 16/07/2020
the charity's objects
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Acorns (North Tyneside)
£25,700 21/05/2020
12
One year core funding to support Acorns (North Tyneside) to sustain their work to support work addressing Domestic Abuse Complex Social Issue (CSI) during COVID19
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - crisis support for children recently affected by domestic abuse
£5,276 24/04/2020
crisis support for children recently affected by domestic abuse
National Lottery Community Fund - Acorns Sports Club
£9,925 22/04/2020
22
The funding will be used to run weekly and holiday sports sessions for disadvantaged families. The project aims to help children to fulfil their potential and help them achieve positive outcomes whilst increasing their confidence and improving their ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Community Fund
£9,477 02/04/2019
Girls and young women will be safer, more aware of how to deal with and vocalise their experiences of domestic abuse, be more resilient and able to cope, feel happier and have higher self-esteem and a sense of self-worth, and know how to seek help ....more
County Durham Community Foundation - Acorns Open Access Domestic Abuse Advice Service & Skills Programme
£9,477 06/12/2018
To develop an open access advice service for girls affected by domestic or teen relationship abuse.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Crisis support for children recently affected by domestic abuse
£5,276 28/09/2018
Crisis support for children recently affected by domestic abuse
National Lottery Community Fund - Children and families therapy and support
£497,615 21/09/2016
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The project supports children and young people, who have witnessed and/or experienced domestic and sexual violence and abuse and as a result have suffered with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties related to those experiences. The project has ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 33-79
  • DAVID LOVENBURY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • FABIENNE THOMPSON (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Public Health Manager
  • KEITH WILLIAMSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • SARAH CHARLTON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Learning Lead
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/05/2014, number: 1157078
  • Registered at Companies House on 09/01/2014, number: 08838624
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
9 returns made; AR16: 2 days late,
Main office

Acorns
7 Alma Place
North Shields
NE29 0LZ

Objectives

To relieve the needs of children and young people, adults and families whohave suffered from and/or are likely to suffer from violence in their homes orelsewhere particularly by the provision of support services and advicecalculated to relieve those needs

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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