AFRICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
Registered charity 1087936 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AFRICAN COMMUNITY SATURDAY SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOL
ACS Provides holistic support and teaching of the National Curriculum subjects for KS 1 to KS4,revision class for GCSE and SATs test, mentoring,ICT class and cultural awareness. Saturday's 10.00am to 1.00pm. Summer Mon to Fri: 8.40am to 6pmFree Accredited adults classes ICT, Functional English,Maths, Vocational courses, Well-being activities : Mon-Fri.Family learning Parenting class
Objects
TO ADVANCE THE ACADEMIC EDUCATION OF CHILDREN FROM THE AGE OF 3 TO 16 YEARS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF VARIOUS OUT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION SUPPORT/ACTIVITIES/PROJECTS INITIALLY RESIDENT IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IN PARTICULAR SUCH CHILDREN WHO ARE OF AFRICAN-CARIBBEAN DESCENT OR WHO ARE FROM OTHER MINORITY ETHNIC GROUPS.
Area of benefit: HACKNEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA
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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £187,440 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds retained of £697,099. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy of 6 to 9 months of operating costs, and the actual unrestricted reserves of £12,915 are below this policy target. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: at least 6 to 9 months operating costs (held: £13k)
“The school has a policy of maintaining reserves of at least 6 to 9 months operating costs to enable it to cope with any sudden loss of income or adapt to changes with smooth transitions.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- 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
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 40
- Government income: £185,224 — contracts £39,613 (229,714), grants £145,611 (77,502); 36% of the £510,892 total gross income on the same return
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 10
- Government income: £234,368 — contracts £99,884 (2), grants £134,484 (6); 99% of the £237,301 total gross income on the same return
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 15
- Government income: £120,024 — contracts £120,024 (2); 49% of the £245,649 total gross income on the same return
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Amii Louise McIntosh
- CHERRY JOSIAH
- Caroline Anne Hickey
- Myles Ejegi-Memeh
- Rosalind Joseph
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is AFRICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £187,440 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds retained of £697,099. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy of 6 to 9 months of operating costs, and the actual unrestricted reserves of £12,915 are below this policy target. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds AFRICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
Funders whose own accounts filings name AFRICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL as a grant recipient include THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, JOSEPH LEVY FOUNDATION, HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITIES, SOUTH HACKNEY PAROCHIAL CHARITY, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.
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