# ACORNS CHILDREN'S HOSPICE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 700859
- **Other names:** ACORNS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 15, 1988
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=700859


## Contact

- **Address:** Acorns House, 103 Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, BIRMINGHAM
- **Postcode:** B29 6HZ
- **Phone:** 01564825000
- **Email:** finance.admin@acorns.org.uk
- **Website:** www.acorns.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** Care and support for life limited children and their families

**Area of benefit:** MIDLAND COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND ADJACENT AREAS




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Birmingham City
- Coventry City
- Dudley
- Herefordshire
- Sandwell
- Solihull
- Walsall
- Warwickshire
- Wolverhampton
- Worcestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 30, 2025 | £22219000 | £23150000 | £23504000 | 428 |
| March 30, 2024 | £20957000 | £20544000 | £24438000 | 398 |
| March 30, 2023 | £18591000 | £17194000 | £23657000 | 363 |
| March 30, 2022 | £19398000 | £15011000 | £22381000 | 356 |
| March 30, 2021 | £17683000 | £15503000 | £17767000 | 389 |



## Trustees

- AMRICK SINGH UBHI — appointed Aug. 1, 2018
- Alastair David — appointed July 26, 2017
- Bobby Waris — appointed March 24, 2021
- Christopher John Maddox — appointed Nov. 15, 2022
- David Paul Munton — appointed Nov. 15, 2022
- Dr Andrew Short — appointed May 13, 2025
- Gareth O'Hara — appointed March 5, 2024
- Ghzala Ahmad — appointed Oct. 31, 2018
- Helen Bradshaw — appointed Sept. 30, 2025
- Jennifer Deidre Ladbrooke — appointed May 20, 2020
- Kevin Heslop — appointed March 5, 2024
- Lynda Bull — appointed May 11, 2021
- Philip Geary — appointed Sept. 30, 2025
- Professor Andrew Ewer — appointed Jan. 1, 2024
- Raymond O'Donoghue — appointed March 7, 2023
- Samantha Elizabeth Watson — appointed Nov. 15, 2022