AFRICAN COMMUNITY CENTRE

Charity number: 1124327
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To promote participation and break down barriers to community cohesion by delivering services and activities to promote the health, wellbeing, education, employment and partcipation of African and African Carribean people. Our vision is of a society where African and African Caribbean community members are fully included, where their wellbeing is a priority and where justice is promoted.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £405,287
Total expenditure: £384,572

Total income includes £36,218 from 4 government grant(s)

People

8 Trustee(s)

6 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Cardiff
  • City Of Swansea
  • Newport City
  • Vale Of Glamorgan
  • Wrexham

Governance

Registration history:
  • 03 June 2008: Standard registration
  • 01 October 2018: Funds received from 256640 NEW RENASCENCE
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • ACC (Working name)
Company number:
06331619 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Investment
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Charlotte Ajomale Evans Trustee 18 October 2021
None on record
Nkechi Allen Dawson Trustee 16 August 2021
ARTS & BUSINESS CYMRU
Received: On time
Funmilayo Bunmi Olaniyan Trustee 14 December 2019
SWANSEA CITY OF SANCTUARY
Recently registered
WOMEN4RESOURCES
Received: 11 days late
Mohammed Ansari Trustee 14 December 2018
None on record
Augustine Egwebe Trustee 14 December 2018
None on record
Jeffrey Nsofor Trustee 03 April 2018
None on record
Grace Rungua Trustee 12 December 2017
None on record
Taiwo Okeyene Trustee 12 December 2013
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £288.00k £398.11k £326.24k £361.37k £405.29k
Total expenditure £271.00k £260.03k £188.93k £344.42k £384.57k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A £17.00k N/A
Income from government grants £2.50k £125.99k £137.57k N/A £36.22k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 29 January 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 29 January 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 31 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 31 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 31 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 31 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 31 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 31 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 31 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021

(These accounts
have been qualified)

31 January 2022 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 AUGUST 2007 as amended on 16 Dec 2019

Charitable objects

1. To advance education amongst African, African Caribbean people and other ethnic minority service users, including those seeking asylum and those granted refugee status particularly but not exclusively by the following: Providing guidance, signposting and assistance to those seeking asylum and those granted refugee status 2. Advancing education and raising awareness about different ethnic groups to promote good relations between persons of different ethnic groups 3. To improve the health and well-being of ethnic minorities and other vulnerable groups by the provision of Arts , therapeutic and counselling services and other recreational activities regardless of and not limited to age , gender , sexual orientation , gender reassignment , faith or other economic circumstances and in accordance with the Equalities Act 2010

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

Contact information

Address:
Swansea Grand Theatre
Singleton Street
SWANSEA
West Glamorgan
SA1 3QJ
Phone:
01792470298
Email:
info@africancommunitycentre.org.uk
Website:

www.africancommunitycentre.org.uk Open in new window