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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

THE ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES CHARITABLE TRUST

The Trust is established for the purpose of advancing the education of members of the public over the age of 16 years.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£404£335£69n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£152£131£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£146£94£52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£140£80£60n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£186£117£70n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£176£131£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£234£206£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£225£219£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£242£215£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£243£220£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£230£193£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£233£230£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£254£229£25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£318£255£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£275£287£-12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08?£66£225£-159n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/07£376£292£83n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/06*£325£320£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/05£354£291£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/04*£272£275£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 30 years

https://www.aoc.co.uk/charitable-trust/about-

jim.edwards@aoc.co.uk

02070349686

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Pears Foundation - Youth Social Action Apprenticeship Programme: Phase Two
£565,900 01/03/2023
24
Expansion and extension of the Youth Social Action Apprentice Programme.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Association of Colleges
£516,000 11/03/2021
Pears #iWill Fund: Youth Social Action Apprenticeship Programme
Pears Foundation - Grant to Association of Colleges
£15,000 14/07/2020
12
Pears #iwill Fund: Sponsorship of Social Action Beacon Award 2020-21
Pears Foundation - Grant to Association of Colleges
£15,000 29/03/2019
12
Pears #iwill Fund: Sponsorship of Social Action Beacon Award
Pears Foundation - Grant to Association of Colleges
£52,800 16/11/2018
24
Pears #iwill Fund Learning Partner: Embedding Youth Social Action in Colleges

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DAVID HUGHES Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • DUNCAN JOHN ADAMS Appointed: 2024
  • ELIZABETH BISHOP Appointed: 2023
  • JANE ANN ROBINSON Appointed: 2024
  • JULIE JEAN KAPSALIS Appointed: 2024
  • MARK WHITE Appointed: 2016
  • PETER JOHN BROPHY
  • SUE HIGGINSON Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/09/1994, number: 1040631
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR06: 25 days late, AR04: 2 days late,
Main office

The Bloomsbury Office
10 Bloomsbury Way
LONDON
WC1A 2SL

Objectives

ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OVER THE AGE OF 16 YEARS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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