AFRICAN CARIBBEAN LEUKAEMIA TRUST

Registered charity 1119516 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACLT

To relieve and support persons, in particular those from African, Caribbean, Mixed Race and Ethnic Minority communities suffering with Leukaemia or any other bone marrow diseases and in particular by the provision of counselling and encouraging people to donate bone marrow, blood & organs.To educate the public about the needs of persons suffering from Leukaemia or any other bone marrow diseases.

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Latest income
£630k
Latest spending
£684k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £41,895, reducing its unrestricted funds to £445,175 from £499,376 the previous year. The trustees report a reserves policy target of up to four months of operating expenditure, while the actual unrestricted reserves are £445,175. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and financial statements accorded with those records.

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£630k
Total spending
£684k
Cost of raising funds
£190k
Reserves (reported)
£439k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (65% 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: 30.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

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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
31/07/2025£630k£684k
31/07/2024£350k£398k
31/07/2023£460k£372k
31/07/2022£531k£293k
31/07/2021£267k£179k

Common questions

Is AFRICAN CARIBBEAN LEUKAEMIA TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £41,895, reducing its unrestricted funds to £445,175 from £499,376 the previous year. The trustees report a reserves policy target of up to four months of operating expenditure, while the actual unrestricted reserves are £445,175. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and financial statements accorded with those records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/05/2020£10kTeach One to Reach One: The Power of One