CROYDON AFRICAN CARIBBEAN FAMILY ORGANISATION UK

Registered charity 1153669 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CACFO UK

We 'Care for Elders' in the Community running an Adult Day Centre 5 days per week. Many suffer with dementia. We tend to their physical and mental well-being and help them escape loneliness. We also 'Care for our Youth' through our summer school and other work and 'Care for Community' through our social club and events.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN CARIBBEAN DESCENDANTS IN THE BOROUGH OF CROYDON WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE, SEX, RACE, POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, EDUCATION OR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE BENEFITS OF THE RESIDENTS OF CROYDON.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a deficit of £31,009 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £78,887 to £47,878. The accounts state that reserves policy targets 12 months of unrestricted expenditure, but most reserves are currently earmarked for specific projects. The trustees believe current reserves combined with annual reviews of financial controls provide sufficient resources in adverse conditions.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/11/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Callton Youngchair
• Davina Brown
• HAZEL DAVIS
• Lionel Stirling
• WINSTON BERNARD
• ZEAL JAMES

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

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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