AFRICAN COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1124327 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACC

To promote participation and break down barriers to community cohesion by delivering services and activities to promote the health, wellbeing, education, employment and partcipation of African and African Carribean people.Our vision is of a society where African and African Caribbean community members are fully included, where their wellbeing is a priority and where justice is promoted.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£405k
Latest spending
£385k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £20,715 and held net assets of £270,027. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to maintain free reserves between three and six months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £270k)
“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level between three and six months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cardiff · City Of Swansea · Newport City · Vale Of Glamorgan · Wrexham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£405k£385k
31/03/2024£361k£344k
31/03/2023£326k£189k
31/03/2022£398k£260k
31/03/2021£288k£271k

Common questions

Is AFRICAN COMMUNITY CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £20,715 and held net assets of £270,027. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to maintain free reserves between three and six months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds AFRICAN COMMUNITY CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AFRICAN COMMUNITY CENTRE as a grant recipient include LLOYDS BANK FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND & WALES, SWANSEA C V S.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LLOYDS BANK FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND & WALESFY2022£52kAsylum Seekers and Refugees
SWANSEA C V SFY2022£19kPrimary Care Network Fund
SWANSEA C V SFY2023£6kPrimary Care Network Fund

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery30/09/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund21/03/2023£10kDigital Access for All: Closing the Inequality Divide
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/06/2021£58k"The Young People's Digital Diversity Exchange Project"
The National Lottery Community Fund15/09/2019£9kEmpowerMe
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/05/2019£43k"Windrush Generations: Evolving Heritage"
The National Lottery Community Fund08/12/2016£2kFair and Friendly Swansea - African Community Celebration 2017
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/11/2016£43k"The Windrush Intergenerational Project"
The National Lottery Community Fund04/08/2016£5kTelling Tales - Improving English
The National Lottery Community Fund29/09/2011£5kYouth Forum Project
The National Lottery Community Fund29/08/2006£5kThere is no project name available for this record
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/07/2006£4k"The project is a cultural event to commemorate Abolition of Slavery Day. The money is for venue hire, workshop costs and publicity."