ACCELERATING COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT

Registered charity 1182685 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACE, ACE Projects, ACE RIO, CRAWLEY COACHING, SEJA

SEJA (previously ACE Projects) collaborates with and accelerates local community leaders to provide a viable cultural alternative to the violent and antisocial lifestyle in communities experiencing higher levels of violence. All SEJA collaborating local leaders are themselves from the communities they look to serve.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 3-18 LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD.(1) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 3-18 LIVINGBELOW THE POVERTY LINE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; AND(C) ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF NATIVE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES, GEOGRAPHY CLASSES AND THE STUDY OF ART, DANCE, PHOTOGRAPHY AND MEDIA.(D) PRESERVING AND PROTECTING OF HEALTH AND MENTAL WELLBEING OF SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE,EXPERIENCING EMOTIONAL, BEHAVIOURAL AND OTHER CHALLENGES AND COMPLEX NEEDS BY PROVIDING ART-AS-THERAPY PROGRAMMES AND FAMILY THERAPY SESSIONS, THAT, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, PROMOTE ENGAGEMENT WITH LEARNING AND INCLUSION IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO WORK WITH THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING CHALLENGES IN THEIR LIVES.

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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Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free unrestricted reserves were £3,007 at year-end, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three to four months of core operating costs. The charity reported a net surplus of £5,806 for the year, with total receipts of £130,712 against payments of £124,906. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, citing a low fixed cost base and subsequent post-year-end income.

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.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Global Fund for Community Foundation — “Only 1% of global funding goes to local organizations Global Fund for Community Foundation” (source page)
• Charities Aid Foundation — “Over 65% of local organizations lack access to training and capacity building Charities Aid Foundation” (source page)
• The Bridgespan Group — “Local individuals are up to 80% more likely to engage with at-risk people compared to international organisations The Bridgespan Group” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claudio Rocha
• Julian Wootton
• Lorenzo Ada Martina Viglezio

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

Operates in: Brazil · Croydon · Lewisham · Southwark

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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 ACRONYM COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT (ACE).

• ACRONYM COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT (ACE) income £37k
• EA FOUNDATION income £85k
• ACHIEVE CHANGE AND ENGAGEMENT ACE income £160k
• REDEEMING OUR COMMUNITIES income £485k
• EASE EMPOWERING ACTION AND SOCIAL ESTEEM LIMITED income £181k
• ACE YOUTH TRUST income £40k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.