ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS

Registered charity 1105412 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A membership association which supports the work of foundations and independent grant-making trusts in the UK

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Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed the year with an unrestricted deficit of £96,702, though this was significantly smaller than the budgeted deficit due to underspending and deferred costs. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £667,144, which the trustees consider to be comfortably within their target range of four to six months' operating expenditure. The trustees and auditor confirm that the organization is a going concern with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £109,812 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“The highest paid member of staff was the chief executive, receiving a salary in the year of £109,812 (2024: £109,812).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: between four and six months’ operating expenditure (held: £667k)
“Trustees have agreed a long-term aim of balancing income and expenditure to deliver a level of free reserves that is between four and six months’ operating expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: ACF Conferences and Seminars Limited
“ACF has a wholly owned trading subsidiary, ACF Conferences and Seminars Limited.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.8m
Reserves (reported)
£667k
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (77% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.7m£1.8m
31/12/2024£1.6m£1.7m
31/12/2023£1.5m£1.5m
31/12/2022£1.6m£1.5m
31/12/2021£1.4m£1.3m

Common questions

Is ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity closed the year with an unrestricted deficit of £96,702, though this was significantly smaller than the budgeted deficit due to underspending and deferred costs. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £667,144, which the trustees consider to be comfortably within their target range of four to six months' operating expenditure. The trustees and auditor confirm that the organization is a going concern with no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £109,812 band.

Who funds ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS as a grant recipient include THE WOLFSON FOUNDATION, JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST, The Ethos Foundation.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WOLFSON FOUNDATIONFY2024£3.0mAnnual contribution
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATIONFY2023£30kTo support them to progress their work on the Funder Commitment on Climate Change
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUSTFY2024£6kPhilanthropy, Cross-cutting & other
The Ethos FoundationFY2025£2kPhilanthropic Memberships

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Corra Foundation20/12/2023£10kStrategic Grants
The National Lottery Community Fund13/04/2016£27kAssociation of Charitable Foundations
Northern Rock Foundation03/01/2003£1kGrant awarded to Association of Charitable Foundations (North East)

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL STUDENT ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS£1.7m£109,812—within—no doubt
LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL STUDENT ASSOCIATION FY2025£2.5m—0within—no doubt
UK COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS FY2025£11.3m——below—no doubt
Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions FY2025£252k—0above—no doubt
The Almshouse Association FY2025£1.2m——below—no doubt
THE ASTROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION FY2026£112k—0unclear—no doubt

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