Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -4 times
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

CARIBBEAN AND AFRICAN COMMUNITY HEALTH SUPPORT FORUM 

The aim of the Forum is to raise the profile of health and well being within the Caribbean&African community.The Objectives involves promoting awareness of the major health issues such as heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, mental health, stroke, & prostate cancer.CACHSF conducts research and acts as a first port of call for the exchange of health promoting/information amongst the community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 4 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
Established: 9 years

Cachsf100@gmail.com

07507255251

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
01/04/23*£36£18£18n/an/an/an/an/a11
01/04/22*£35£32£3n/an/an/an/an/a14
01/04/21*£30£22£8n/an/an/an/an/a11
01/04/20£19£16£3n/an/an/an/an/a11
01/04/19*£8£8£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
01/04/18*£8£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/17£8£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/16*£8£7£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 11 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Caribbean and African Community Health Support Forum
£9,800 06/07/2021
Commemorating and Celebrating Windrush in Ipswich
Suffolk Community Foundation - ESOL classes
£4,900 11/05/2021
11
To run ESOL classes along side the football team.
Suffolk Community Foundation - To support those in financial hardship.
£1,600 15/04/2021
Suffolk's Hardship Fund - R4.
Suffolk Community Foundation - The CACHSF-UNITY Health and Wellbeing Project
£1,000 12/03/2021
The CACHSF-UNITY Health and Wellbeing Project
Suffolk Community Foundation - To support those in financial hardship.
£1,500 03/02/2021
To support those in financial hardship due to Covid.
Suffolk Community Foundation - The CACHSF Health and wellbeing Project
£3,660 27/01/2021
10
The Health and Wellbeing projects run by the organisation.
Suffolk Community Foundation - CACHSF (UNITY) Community Befriending Project
£3,000 15/11/2020
3
CACHSF (UNITY) Community Befriending Project. Covid
Suffolk Community Foundation - CACHSF Dice 'n' Spice. Hot Meal Service
£1,385 23/04/2020
To enable CACHSF to continue with their Dice 'n' Spice hot meal service delivery service to vulnerable people self isolating during the Covid 19 pandemic.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Dice 'n' Spice
£2,716 06/02/2019
11
To support Dice 'n' Spice - a home meals delivery service.
Suffolk Community Foundation - CACHSF Fit and Healthy project.
£3,000 05/05/2017
Project providing Healthy Eating and Fitness classes for the people aged 65+ in Ipswich.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/07/2015, number: 1162605
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR23: 36 days late, AR22: 162 days late, AR21: 56 days late, AR19: 136 days late, AR18: 96 days late, AR16: 23 days late,
Main office

Crown Chambers
10 Crown Street
Ipswich
IP1 3LD

Objectives

THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH WITHIN THE CARIBBEAN AND AFRICAN COMMUNITY IN SUFFOLK, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING EDUCATION, HEALTH ADVICE, SIGNPOSTING ON HEALTH ISSUES AND RAISING AWARENESS OF HEALTH ISSUES INCLUDING SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA AND LUPUS THAT AFFECT THE CARIBBEAN AND AFRICAN COMMUNITY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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