ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN'S PALLIATIVE CARE

Registered charity 1075541 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACT, ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN WITH LIFE-THREATENING OR TERMINAL CONDITIONS AND THEIR FAMILIES

ACT is the only organisation working across the UK to achieve the best possible quality of life and care for every life-limited child and their family through: raising awareness of the needs of life-limited children; working with children's palliative care professionals to improve practice; supporting and informing families.

Objects

1) TO PROTECT AND RELIEVE YOUNG PERSONS SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL CONDITIONS WHICH ARE LIFE-THREATENING OR LIFE-LIMITING AND/OR TERMINAL (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS AFFECTED YOUNG PERSONS): BYA. PROMOTING THE PROVISION OF SUITABLE MEDICAL AND NURSING ASSISTANCE, AND SUPPORT SERVICES AND RELATED AMENITIES FOR AFFECTED YOUNG PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS: ANDB. REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF AFFECTED YOUNG PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES AND OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MEDICAL, NURSING AND OTHER RELATED PROFESSIONALS, VOLUNTARY AND STATUTORY ORGANISATIONS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE CARE OF SUCH AFFECTED PERSONS, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS BY MEANS OF A NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICE, TRAINING COURSES, SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES, AND ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE EDUCATIVE ACTIVITIES.

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 · Disability · Get email alerts

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2011)

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (21/12/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

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

Income and spending