Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

ACCM (UK)

Activities include tackling health inequalities and all forms of abuse, providing information and training to communities and professionals to raise awareness. Working with other organisations to develop services, deliver practical health and well-being programmes to tackle health inequalities amongst minority communities in Bedfordshire.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • 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
31/05/23£96£120£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/22£142£105£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/21£129£102£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/20£66£73£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/19£110£129£-18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/18£113£130£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/17£139£117£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/16£106£100£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/15£109£96£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/14£113£113£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/13?£86£70£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/05/12£28£26£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/05/11£28£20£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
01/05/10£18£10£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

www.accmuk.com

info@accmuk.com

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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • General outpatient health-care services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Lloyds Bank Foundation£127,250
Solace Women's Aid£14,780
National Lottery Community Fund£9,710
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to ACCM (UK)
£75,000 04/10/2023
36
Unrestricted grant over 3 years towards the core costs of ACCM (UK)
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to ACCM (UK)
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to ACCM (UK)
£50,000 08/09/2021
24
Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of ACCM (UK)
Solace Women's Aid - Women's Sector Large Grants - England
£14,780 08/05/2021
This project aims to provide information, support and counselling for women and girls fleeing abuse.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting homeless people in Bedford
£9,710 06/12/2019
11
The funding will be used to deliver a support and advice service for people experiencing homelessness. The project aims to help people develop skills and confidence and improve their life chances.
Department of Health - ACCM (UK)
£9,050 01/04/2019
Funding for ACCM (UK)
National Lottery Community Fund - Celebrating Bedford African Community
£7,600 07/06/2018
12
The project will host a community event, with a focus on African culture, where people of African descent can welcome people from different cultures surrounding them. The aim of this is to bring people together and build stronger communities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting and Tackling Illegal Harmful Traditional Practices
£10,000 05/10/2016
12
This project will deliver a range of activities including volunteer training and community events to raise awareness of and support local communities with the issues surrounding and resulting from the harmful and illegal practises of female genital ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Tackling health inequalities amongst minority and other disadvantaged
£323,349 24/02/2016
36
This is the continuation of a project supporting people from disadvantaged black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups to improve their physical and mental health, skills and confidence. This includes one-to-one and group counselling for ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting older people
£10,000 25/02/2015
12
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Working with men to reduce ill health and improve their lifestyle
£10,000 08/08/2013
12
This is a project by an incorporated charity in Bedford. The organisation will use the funding to tackle health inequalities and improve the health of migrant communities, specifically those of Bangladesh origin. This will provide support and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Happy and Healthy Bedford Citizens
£236,047 15/08/2012
36
A new project by ACCM (UK) in Bedford is awarded £236,047 to help families from migrant and other communities to make new friends outside of their own communities and access services such as health, welbeing and leisure services. It will also ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to ACCM (UK)
£36,000 29/03/2011
the salary and on costs of the Director for 2 days a week to deliver direct support to people in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire, rent, rates, telephone and stationery costs and travel expenses
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 40-78
  • GURDEEP SANGHERA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: School Teacher
  • MARK DEGIETELINK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • OLUBUKOLA GAGAR (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Project & Change Manager
  • TARSIM LAL KALYAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Community And Faith Leader
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/03/2009, number: 1128904
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/05/2008, number: 06584024
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • 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
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

51A Althorpe Street
BEDFORD
MK42 9HF

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AMONG ETHNIC MINORITIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BEDFORD AND SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND AND WALES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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