THE COLLECTIVE AID CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Registered charity 1206028 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COLLECTIVE AID

The Collective Aid Charitable Foundation (CACF) exists to facilitate the delivery of adaptive and multidisciplinary support to people on the move in Europe who are survivors of war, disaster and catastrophe by providing grants, advice and services to Collective Aid field programmes operating within the International Collaborative Framework of Collective Aid (ICFCA).

Objects

THE RELIEF, ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION OF PEOPLE IN EUROPE, WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF WAR, DISASTER, TROUBLE, OR CATASTROPHE BY PROVIDING GRANTS, SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND CHARITIES WORKING WITH ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES AND THEREBY HELP IMPROVE THE LIVES OF SUCH PEOPLE

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Swale, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£240k
Latest spending
£164k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity experienced substantial financial growth, with income increasing to £240,393 and closing reserves reaching £85,918. Per the trustees' report, this position places the organisation above its stated reserves policy target of one to six months of expenditure. The trustees consider the charity to be in a sound financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 04/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 140
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 04/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 100
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Collective Aid (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bosnia And Herzegovina · Bulgaria · France · Greece · Serbia · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
04/12/2025£240k£164k
04/12/2024£51k£41k

Common questions

Is THE COLLECTIVE AID CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity experienced substantial financial growth, with income increasing to £240,393 and closing reserves reaching £85,918. Per the trustees' report, this position places the organisation above its stated reserves policy target of one to six months of expenditure. The trustees consider the charity to be in a sound financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE COLLECTIVE AID CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE COLLECTIVE AID CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. as a grant recipient include ForRefugees, CHOOSE LOVE.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ForRefugeesFY2022£127k
CHOOSE LOVEFY2025£40k
CHOOSE LOVEFY2025£39k

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 CPA CHARITABLE FUNDS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE COLLECTIVE AID CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.£240k—0unclear—no doubt
CPA CHARITABLE FUNDS FY2025£215k——above—no doubt
REFUGEE CRISIS FOUNDATION FY2025£392k—0unclear—no doubt
COOPERATIVE AI FOUNDATION FY2025£2.3m——unclear—no doubt
THE CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION FY2025£1390.6m——unclear—no doubt
CARF EUROPE FY2025£61k—0unclear—no doubt

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