AFRICAN CARIBBEAN FORUM

Registered charity 1072021 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community Cohesion, supporting diversity, heritage and community education in Greater Peterborough

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF PETERBOROUGH AND ITS OUTLYING DISTRICTS (THE "AREA OF BENEFIT") AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THOSE INHABITANTS WHO ARE AFRICAN CARIBBEAN OR OF AFRICAN CARIBBEAN DESCENT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND SO THAT THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS MAY BE IMPROVED.B) ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE CENTRE) AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: PETERBOROUGH AND ITS OUTLYING DISTRICTS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Latest income
£28k
Latest spending
£33k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £53,886 to £51,805, resulting in a net expenditure of £2,081 for the year. The trustees confirm that current funds and expected income are sufficient to continue operations as a going concern for the next 12 months. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document.

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 3 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.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Peterborough City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£28k£33k
31/03/2024£43k£29k
31/03/2023£36k£31k
31/03/2022£25k£25k
31/03/2021£10k£14k

Common questions

Is AFRICAN CARIBBEAN FORUM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £53,886 to £51,805, resulting in a net expenditure of £2,081 for the year. The trustees confirm that current funds and expected income are sufficient to continue operations as a going concern for the next 12 months. No specific reserves policy target is stated in the document. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/01/2016£10kRefurbishment of Community Kitchen
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/03/2008£50k"Beyond the Bicentennial"