CCEW Charity Commission profile

ACUMEN ACADEMY UK

Registered charity 1185457 · organisation 5143396

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
CIO
Registered
23 September 2019
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income
£419,391
Latest expenditure
£307,979
Gift Aid
Yes
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
Yes

Public contact address: ACUMEN ACADEMY UK, Anderson Barrowcliff, 3 Kingfisher Court, Bowesfield Park, Stockton on Tees, Co Durham, TS18 3EX

Website recorded by the regulator: https://regions.acumenacademy.org/uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Acumen Academy UK develops and delivers leadership programmes, including a Fellows Programme and a range of online courses, to equip social leaders with the skills, character and community needed to accelerate and sustain their impact.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received
20 March 2026
Date Accounts Received
20 March 2026
Total Gross Income
£419,391
Total Gross Expenditure
£307,979
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received
20 October 2025
Date Accounts Received
20 October 2025
Total Gross Income
£160,232
Total Gross Expenditure
£270,124
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received
25 October 2024
Date Accounts Received
25 October 2024
Total Gross Income
£267,246
Total Gross Expenditure
£293,372
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received
31 October 2023
Date Accounts Received
31 October 2023
Total Gross Income
£328,019
Total Gross Expenditure
£294,549
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received
12 August 2022
Date Accounts Received
16 August 2022
Total Gross Income
£270,775
Total Gross Expenditure
£283,342

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
Yes
Fin Period Order Number
1
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2025
Ar Due Date
31 October 2026
Ar Received Date
20 March 2026
Total Gross Income
£419,391
Total Gross Expenditure
£307,979
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000
1
Count Volunteers
30
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2024
Ar Due Date
31 October 2025
Ar Received Date
20 October 2025
Total Gross Income
£160,232
Total Gross Expenditure
£270,124
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000
1
Count Volunteers
30
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
3
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2023
Ar Due Date
31 October 2024
Ar Received Date
25 October 2024
Total Gross Income
£267,246
Total Gross Expenditure
£293,372
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000
1
Count Volunteers
0
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
4
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2022
Ar Due Date
31 October 2023
Ar Received Date
31 October 2023
Total Gross Income
£328,019
Total Gross Expenditure
£294,549
Charity Raises Funds From Public
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000
1
Count Volunteers
0
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
5
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2021
Ar Due Date
31 October 2022
Ar Received Date
12 August 2022
Total Gross Income
£270,775
Total Gross Expenditure
£283,342
Charity Raises Funds From Public
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000
1
Count Volunteers
0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Country
Geographic Area Description
Northern Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type
Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description
Europe
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Country
Geographic Area Description
Scotland
Parent Geographic Area Type
Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description
Europe
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Region
Geographic Area Description
Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind
No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
307
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind
Classification Code
102
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Education/training

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
ACUMEN ACADEMY UK
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
CIO registration
Date Of Event
2019-09-23T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 23 Sep 2019 as amended on 03 Mar 2025
Charitable Objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING OF INDIVIDUALS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOCIETY AND DELIVER PROGRESSIVE SOCIAL CHANGE IN COMMUNITIES AND ORGANISATIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE. To promote progressive social change in communities and organisations throughout the United Kingdom and elsewhere by providing financial support to organisations for charitable projects FOR THE PURPOSE OF THESE OBJECTS ‘PROGRESSIVE SOCIAL CHANGE’ MEANS CHANGES IN HUMAN INTERACTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS WHICH TRANSFORM CULTURAL AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN ORDER TO PROMOTE EQUALITY, JUSTICE AND A WORLD BASED ON DIGNITY, WHERE EVERY HUMAN BEING HAS THE SAME OPPORTUNITY.Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for the purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

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Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
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