Association for Continence Professionals

Registered charity 1046073 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACA, ACP, ASSOCIATION FOR CONTINENCE ADVICE, ASSOCIATION FOR CONTINENCE ADVICE (ACA)

To relieve persons suffering with continence problems particularly by educating health and allied care professionals in that field in the standards of available care and management.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING WITH CONTINENCE PROBLEMS PARTICULARLY BY EDUCATING HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN THAT FIELD IN THE STANDARDS OF AVAILABLE CARE AND MANAGEMENT

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £5,445 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £141,426. The trustees report that the underlying financial position remains healthy and that there are sufficient cash and reserves to continue operations. Membership income decreased by 5.7%, but the conference performed well with a profit higher than budgeted.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Darrin Powell
• Dr Angela Marie Rantell
• Jane Clarke
• Jasmine King
• Julia Thrush
• Rebecca Jane Cousins
• Suzanne Carney
• Teresa Sara Faith Woollerton
• Tracy Ann Pouard

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• THE INTERNATIONAL CONTINENCE SOCIETY income £532k
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• THE ASSOCIATION OF COLOPROCTOLOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND income £1.3m
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