THE ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS

Registered charity 1118605 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q55228892 · also known as BENEVOLENCE TODAY, THE ASSOCIATION OF CHARITY OFFICERS

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE EFFICIENCY OF EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS BY ENCOURAGING AND FOSTERING PARTICIPATION BY SECRETARIES AND OTHER EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF SUCH INSTITUTIONS IN DISCUSSIONS, CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND LECTURES CONCERNED PRIMARILY WITH PROMPTING SUCH EFFICIENCY.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WHICH RELIEVE INDIVIDUALS IN NEED, BY ASSISTING IN THEIR BETTER ADMINISTRATION AND PROMOTING THE SHARING OF INFORMATION AND PRACTICES USEFUL TO THESE CHARITIES.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit of £20,470 for the year ended 30 September 2025, driven by a decline in membership subscription income alongside increased staff costs. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £4,204, which is significantly below the stated policy target of three months' expenditure, though the trustees maintain a going concern view based on cash flow forecasts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• 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 vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2022 (received 31/07/2023, 1 day after the 30/07/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06113479

Funders the charity credits

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

• Family Fund Business Services — “Kindly supported by Family Fund Business Services, the awards celebrate the outstanding work of charities across the ACO network providing f…” (source page)
• CCLA — “Website kindly supported by CCLA” (source page)

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.

• HUNT, Danielle — director, appointed 30/06/2026on trustee list
• ASMORE, Simon, Mr. — director, appointed 30/06/2026not on trustee list
• WYMAN, Alison — director, appointed 31/07/2023on trustee list
• ZERVUDACHI, Paddy — director, appointed 31/07/2023on trustee list
• HOLLOWAY, Ed — director, appointed 31/07/2023on trustee list
• KING, Katharine Monica — director, appointed 31/07/2023on trustee list
• GEE, Caroline — director, appointed 06/07/2022on trustee list
• CRAWFORD, Victoria — director, appointed 06/07/2022on trustee list
• EVANS, Liam, Mr. — director, appointed 08/09/2021on trustee list
• GILL, Jodie — director, appointed 09/05/2019on trustee list
• WATKIN, Donal Andrew, Mr. — secretary, appointed 08/06/2020

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Wyman
• Caroline Gee
• Danielle Hunt
• Ed Holloway
• Jodie Gill
• Katharine King
• Liam Evans
• Paddy Zervudachi
• Simon Ashmore
• Victoria Crawford

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

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 ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS.

• ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS income £1.7m
• FULL FACT income £3.1m
• THE ADVICE SERVICES ALLIANCE income £149k
• YOUR VOICE IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE income £1.2m
• CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF FUNDRAISING income £4.4m
• USER VOICE income £784k

Side by side with its peers

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