ASSOCIATION FOR CITIZENSHIP TEACHING

Registered charity 1187335 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q4809417 · Wikipedia · also known as ACT

We work to transform the lives of children and young people through high quality Citizenship and democracy education. We achieve our aims by supporting the education community with:teacher professional development, training, conferences and networking;resources, our journal and by sharing research;advocacy and policy influencing aimed at strengthening Citizenship education.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(I) SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING THE TEACHING OF CITIZENSHIP; AND (II) PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO, AND THE STUDY OF, THE FULL AND EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION OF CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE, IN SOCIETY AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS THEREOF.

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: Wandsworth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves were £642,584, which the Trustees consider an appropriate level against a policy target of six months' operating costs. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £153,891 for the year, with total net assets increasing to £1,581,653. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Haines Watts Swindon Limited. Discloses 6 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
• 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

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.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~11.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (67% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Blachfordchair
• Asjad Mir
• HANS SVENNEVIG
• NANSI ELLIS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebecca Louise Weighell
• Richard Glover
• SARAH MACLEAN
• Sera Shortland

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FUND FOR ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION.

• FUND FOR ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION income £30k
• ACTION WITH AWARENESS REGARDING EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £173k
• THE CITIZENSHIP FOUNDATION income £715k
• THE TOGETHER INITIATIVE income £1.2m
• LEARNING PARTNERSHIPS income £688k
• ACT FOR CHANGE income £215k

Side by side with its peers

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