ACE (ACTION IN CAERAU AND ELY)

Registered charity 1150422 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

ACE (Action in Caerau & Ely) is a Charity located in Ely and Caerau, Cardiff. ACE aims to bring the community together, support community groups, manage and develop local projects, and find ways of regenerating the local community.

Objects

3.1. The objects of the Company shall be:a) To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economically disadvantaged communities of Cardiff in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in societyb) The promotion for the public benefit of urban regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation in the area of Cardiff by all or any of the following means: i. the relief of poverty in such ways as may be thought fit; ii. the relief of unemployment in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment; iii. the advancement of education, training or retraining, particularly among unemployed people, and providing unemployed people with work experience; iv. The advancement of education in and appreciation of the arts, heritage culture and creative activities;v. the provision of financial assistance, technical assistance, or business advice or consultancy in order to provide training and employment opportunities for unemployed people in cases of financial or other charitable need through help in setting up their own business, vi. the creation of training and employment opportunities by the provision of workspace, buildings and/or land for use on favourable terms; vii. the maintenance, improvement or provision of public amenities; viii. the provision or assistance in the provision of recreational facilities for the public at large and/ or those who, by reasons of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances, have need of such facilities; ix. the provision of public health facilities and childcare; x. such other means as may from time to time be determined subject to the prior consent of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales.c) The relief of financial hardship among people living or working in Cardiff, South Wales by providing such persons with goods/services which they could not otherwise afford through lack of means.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net unrestricted surplus of £49,543 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £614,807. Per the trustees' report, the overall cash reserves are £672,173, which meets the stated policy of maintaining a minimum of 18 months of running costs. The financial position is described as healthy, although the trustees note that future years may be more challenging due to funding pressures and increased costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gordon Down & Partners. Discloses 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07623914

What the charity says about itself (2024/25)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Michelle Powell — Director (source)
• Dave Horton — Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Welsh Government — “Funders: Welsh Government” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)
• HM Prison & Probation Service — “HM Prison & Probation Service” (source page)
• Arts Council of Wales — “Arts Council of Wales” (source page)
• Western Power Distribution — “Western Power Distribution” (source page)
• Cardiff South West Primary Care Cluster — “Cardiff South West Primary Care Cluster” (source page)
• Cardiff & Vale University Health Board — “Cardiff & Vale University Health Board” (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.

• DAVIES, Jessica — director, appointed 28/10/2024on trustee list
• ELLIOT, Eva Brit, Dr — director, appointed 01/03/2023on trustee list
• REFALO, Janice — director, appointed 01/03/2023on trustee list
• SMITH, Leyton Devril — director, appointed 28/04/2020on trustee list
• ROACH, James — director, appointed 05/01/2020on trustee list
• DIXEY, Marian — director, appointed 01/05/2017on trustee list
• POWELL, Sam Froud — secretary, appointed 01/10/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £137k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Marian Dixeychair
• Dr Eva Elliot
• James Roach
• Janice Refalo
• Jessica Davies
• Leyton Devril Smith
• Melvin Witherden

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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 ANDOVER COMMUNITY ENGAGE.

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• THE ACE CENTRE-NORTH income £4.6m
• EGLWYS EFENGYLAIDD CAERFYRDDIN income £122k

Side by side with its peers

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