ACTION CHANGE

Registered charity 1111494 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACTION CHANGE (FORMALLY GVI TRUST), GLOBAL VISION INTERNATIONAL CHARITABLE TRUST, GVI Trust

Working with local hard to reach communities across the globe, Action Change manages, grows, develops and fundraises for numerous long-term programs that tackle the United Nations SDG's. Using these goals as a blueprint and working in collaboration with the communities aim to alleviate poverty, illiteracy, environmental degradation and climate change through: education; nutrition and conservation.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£163k
Latest spending
£164k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £2,869 for the year, resulting in total fund balances decreasing from £11,902 to £9,033. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unclear (held: £23k)
“The trustees have established a general reserves policy to ensure that the charity can maximise the programme impact for beneficiaries and maximise the value of net income.” — page 11
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Action Change (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Australia · Brazil · Costa Rica · Fiji · Ghana · India · Kenya · Laos · Mexico · Nepal · Seychelles · South Africa

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£163k£164k
31/12/2023£131k£154k
31/12/2022£129k£267k
31/12/2021£338k£263k
31/12/2020£171k£255k

Common questions

Is ACTION CHANGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £2,869 for the year, resulting in total fund balances decreasing from £11,902 to £9,033. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government08/12/2020£11kDevelopment of robust, ultra-lightweight portable solar energy system - providing scalable, renewable power (50w-1.5kw) to off grid communities in Zimbabwe and SSA

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 BIG CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ACTION CHANGE£163k—0unclear—no doubt
BIG CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt
SEA - CHANGE PROJECTS LTD FY2025£204k—0above—no doubt
KARUNA ACTION FY2025£359kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
HELP CHANGE LIVES FY2025£600k—0unclear—no doubt
ACTIONAID FY2025£47.6m——unclear—no doubt

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