ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH ACCOUNTANTS AND TREASURERS

Registered charity 1072733 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Association aims to advance the Christian religion through the promotion of the efficiency and effectiveness of Christian Churches and Organisations by the provision of advice, training and information on accounting, financial, legal and other related issues.

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Latest income
£156k
Latest spending
£162k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £5,523 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to costs associated with upgrading its CRM system. Despite this deficit, unrestricted reserves remained at £159,324, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy target of 6 to 12 months of planned expenditure. The document confirms there are no material uncertainties affecting the charity's financial viability for the next twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)
No staff member earned more than £60,000. — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least 6 to 12 months of planned expenditure (held: £159k)
The trustee considers that the Association’s unrestricted year-end reserves of £159,324 (2024: £164,847) are in line with the policy level of at least 6 to 12 months of planned expenditure for the current financial year. — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Reimbursement of travel, subsistence and other costs to six directors for meetings, training events and conferences.
£561 (2024: £497) was reimbursed to six directors of the trustee company for travel, subsistence and other costs to attend meetings, training events and conferences. There was no trustee-remuneration. Except for key management personnel (see note 3), there were no other related party transactions in the year. — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£156k£162k
31/03/2024£150k£142k
31/03/2023£141k£149k
31/03/2022£155k£110k
31/03/2021£137k£110k

Common questions

Is ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH ACCOUNTANTS AND TREASURERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £5,523 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to costs associated with upgrading its CRM system. Despite this deficit, unrestricted reserves remained at £159,324, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy target of 6 to 12 months of planned expenditure. The document confirms there are no material uncertainties affecting the charity's financial viability for the next twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH ACCOUNTANTS AND TREASURERS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
FUSION21 FOUNDATION1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH ACCOUNTANTS AND TREASURERS£156kUnder £60,0000withinno doubt
Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions FY2024£295k0aboveno doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD ARK OF GOD PARISH FY2025£102k0aboveno doubt
REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD ("RCCG") VICTORY CENTRE FY2025£338kunclearnoted
THE FREE CHURCH FEDERAL COUNCIL (INCORPORATED) FY2025£240k0unclearnoted
THE ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS FY2025£161kunclearno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.