Overall GiG Score: 4 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +7

ACE OF CLUBS (CLAPHAM) 

Provision of day centre services for homeless and vulnerable people including those suffering from addiction.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 28 years

www.aceofclubs.org.uk

info@aceofclubs.org.uk

02077202811

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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
31/07/22£364£355£9n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/07/21£352£346£6n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/07/20£431£329£102n/an/an/an/an/a60
31/07/19£265£271£-7n/an/an/an/an/a64
31/07/18*£238£261£-23£0£0£0n/a030
31/07/17£264£282£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£249£252£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£229£204£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£197£188£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£248£177£71£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12£176£157£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11£122£99£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/10£187£143£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/09£131£178£-47£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08£195£180£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/07£167£194£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/06£189£202£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/05£223£202£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/04£221£235£-14£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 50 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lambeth,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Comic Relief£40,000
DCMS£32,751
The Wimbledon Foundation£10,000
CAF£5,000
Crisis UK£5,000
Co-Operative Group£4,212
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Wimbledon Foundation - Support services for homeless people
£5,000 10/06/2021
Support services for homeless people.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ace of Clubs
£4,212 24/10/2020
We would like to offer various therapeutic activities to improve the wellbeing of our homeless or financially unstable service users.
Comic Relief - Ace of Clubs Recovery Funding
£40,000 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
CAF - Grant to Ace of Clubs
£5,000 03/06/2020
3
Grant to Ace of Clubs to support the organisation through COVID19
The Wimbledon Foundation - Support services for homeless people
£5,000 03/06/2020
Support services for homeless people
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£32,751 20/05/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Crisis UK - Grant to Ace of Clubs
£5,000 22/04/2020
Food provision and food production
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Ace of Clubs
£1,400 09/04/2020
The funding is for Ace of Clubs to continue with its hot food takeaway service - accessed from a hatch in its kitchen, and complying with all Government protocols & guidelines (e.g. social ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Ace of Clubs
£3,444 04/08/2017
Your donations will help fight homelessness with friends, food, clothing, showers, education, accommodation, rehab & healthcare.
Comic Relief - Steps away from the street: Ace of Clubs
£60,000 30/11/2016
24
Ace of Clubs provides support to homeless and vulnerable people in South London providing a place of refuge, a listening ear and a range of services including help with advice, accommodation, ....more
Comic Relief - Ace of Clubs
£20,000 31/10/2016
Ace of Clubs
London Catalyst - Ace of Clubs - 5
£7,000 28/07/2014
Refurbishment of kitchen and food area facilities
Walcot Foundation - Ace Education
£33,708 02/07/2014
Ace Education
London Catalyst - Ace of Clubs - 2
£10,000 08/05/2013
Refurbishment of showers, toilets and bathroom facilities
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/05/1996, number: 1055187
  • Registered at Companies House on 14/07/1995, number: 03080066
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR18: 34 days late,
Main office

ACE OF CLUBS
ST. ALPHONSUS ROAD
LONDON
SW4 7AS

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK IN PARTICULAR PROVIDING A CENTRE FOR THE HOMELESS, THE NEEDY, THE POOR AND THOSE SUFFERING FROM ADDICTIONS PROVIDED THAT THESE OBJECTS SHALL AT ALL TIMES BE CONSONANT WITH THE ETHICS OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE CLAPHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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