AFRICA'S CHILDREN IN EDUCATION

Registered charity 1157852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACE

ACE works in East Africa, in particular, in Tanzania and also in Kenya. It supports the development of community schools in very disadvantaged areas providing the opportunity for children to attend school where they would otherwise be unlikely to do so. It also supports individual young people who are orphaned or from very impoverished circumstances to continue their education.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN EAST AFRICA, IN PARTICULAR IN TANZANIA, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FUNDING TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS, DEVELOP EXISTING SCHOOLS, FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ACCESS OR CONTINUE WITH THEIR EDUCATION AND THROUGH SUCH OTHER SUPPORT AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DEEM APPROPRIATE.

Area of benefit: IN EAST AFRICA, IN PARTICULAR IN TANZANIA

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year, with total expenditure of £50,820 exceeding annual income of £46,764. However, the trustees note that the charity remains well placed to meet its obligations in 2026, subject to the continued receipt of sponsorship payments and regular donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barbara Sweetlove · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Dodson · trustee of 2 other charities
• MR RON HAYES
• SUE HAYES
• Sylvia Thomson

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

Operates in: Kenya · Tanzania

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