ACE AFRICA (UK)

Registered charity 1111283 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACE, ACE UK, ACTION IN THE COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT

Ace Africa (UK) raises funds to support Ace Africa Tanzania & Kenya to work with vulnerable, marginalised people in low resource settings in Tanzania & Kenya. They build resilient inclusive communities. We improve food & economic security, health & education by developing long term sustainable solutions in three programming areas. Child development, Community Health, & Community Livelihoods

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£508k
Latest spending
£578k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £19,565, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of four months of unrestricted budgeted expenditure. This shortfall is attributed to prioritizing unrestricted funding for East Africa programs, reduced fundraising capacity, and donor reluctance to fund UK operating costs. Despite this, the trustees maintain that improving reserves remains a priority to promote organizational stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £20k; policy: four months of unrestricted budgeted expenditure)
“The closing balance of free reserves, £19,565 in 2025 was below our target” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ACE Africa (UK) (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income
£508k
Total spending
£578k
Cost of raising funds
£73k
Reserves (reported)
£20k
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (75% 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: 14.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kenya · Tanzania

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£508k£578k
31/12/2024£675k£667k
31/12/2023£725k£739k
31/12/2022£602k£629k
31/12/2021£737k£723k

Common questions

Is ACE AFRICA (UK) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £19,565, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of four months of unrestricted budgeted expenditure. This shortfall is attributed to prioritizing unrestricted funding for East Africa programs, reduced fundraising capacity, and donor reluctance to fund UK operating costs. Despite this, the trustees maintain that improving reserves remains a priority to promote organizational stability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ACE AFRICA (UK)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ACE AFRICA (UK) as a grant recipient include MERCURY PHOENIX TRUST, JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST, H C D MEMORIAL FUND, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PAUL AND SHEILA BRADSHAW FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MERCURY PHOENIX TRUSTFY2025£45kTanzania
MERCURY PHOENIX TRUSTFY2025£45kKenya
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£25k
H C D MEMORIAL FUNDFY2024£25kHealth
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£18k
THE PAUL AND SHEILA BRADSHAW FOUNDATIONFY2025£17kDonations to charities who met the aims of the Foundation
MERCURY PHOENIX TRUSTFY2022£12k
THE PAUL AND SHEILA BRADSHAW FOUNDATIONFY2022£12k
THE PAUL AND SHEILA BRADSHAW FOUNDATIONFY2023£12k
THE PAUL AND SHEILA BRADSHAW FOUNDATIONFY2024£12k
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k

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 ADVANTAGE AFRICA.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ACE AFRICA (UK)£508k——below—no doubt
ADVANTAGE AFRICA FY2025£359k—0within—no doubt
URAFIKI (LINKING WITH COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA) FY2024£244k—0within—no doubt
AFRICAN CHILDREN'S FUND LTD FY2025£283k—0below—no doubt
CHASE AFRICA (COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT) FY2025£832k—0unclear—no doubt
ANGEL WELFARE AND EDUCATION TRUST FY2024£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt

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