Overall GiG Score: 16 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY INITIATIVE (A.C.C.I.) 

ACCI provides a daily resource centre and Assertively managed (dual diagnosis), Intensive Supported (acutely vulnerable women) supported accommodation, assertive outreach, housing, counselling & therapy service to African Caribbean people (but not exclusively) who have mental ill health, including those who also have learning and less severe physical disabilities. Largest Carers Group regionally.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 24 years

www.acci.org.uk

support@acci.org.uk

01902571230

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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
31/03/23£1,250£1,286£-36£0£570£21024353
31/03/22£1,422£1,183£239£0£606£19723921
31/03/21£1,213£1,065£148£0£367£951.13732
31/03/20*£926£886£40£0£219£310.43732
31/03/19£742£795£-53£0£179£250.43832
31/03/18*£794£733£61£0£232£2323.8360
31/03/17*£699£608£91£0£170£1703.4340
31/03/16£730£648£82£0£82£821.5340
31/03/15£630£674£-44£17£0£0-0360
31/03/14£677£709£-32£16£44£440.7360
31/03/13*£748£793£-45£20£76£691350
31/03/12*£735£714£21£16£122£1031.7350
31/03/11*£780£739£41£18£100£570.9360
31/03/10*£748£739£9£16£60£450.7300
31/03/09*£688£694£-5£11£51£601250
31/03/08*£696£700£-4£13£56£490.8360
31/03/07*£605£624£-19£10£60£230.4270
31/03/06*£582£573£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£573£587£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£563£580£-17£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 37%
Reserves/Spending: 2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 5.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 43 employees
  • 53 volunteers
Who it helps
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£398,582
DCMS£110,278
Tudor Trust£62,000
Indigo Trust£50,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to African Caribbean Community Initiative (ACCI)
£1,761 22/10/2022
We plan to pay professionals to deliver training, advice and delivering mental health resilience techniques to a target audience and up skill clients in preparing for interviews.
National Lottery Community Fund - ACCI’s Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Family Community Project
£10,000 08/04/2022
The funding will be used to host an intergenerational community family event during the official Jubilee bank holiday weekend. The project aim is to improve community cohesion by bringing a rich mix ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Nko so (Progression) Project
£368,582 06/08/2021
The funding will be used by the group to work with people from the BAME community who are experiencing a mental health illness. The group will offer a holistic programme of activities designed to ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to African Caribbean Community Initiative
£60,000 20/04/2021
24
over two years as continuation funding, on an unrestricted basis, for a Black-led mental health support charity in Wolverhampton
Tudor Trust - Grant to African Caribbean Community Initiative
£2,000 18/02/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Indigo Trust - Support services for African Caribbeans affected by mental health
£25,000 07/09/2020
Core unrestricted funding to support its work during the Covid-19 crisis
Indigo Trust - Support services for African Caribbeans affected by mental health
£25,000 07/09/2020
Core unrestricted funding to support its work during the Covid-19 crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to African Caribbean Community Initiative
£15,000 28/07/2020
Grant to African Caribbean Community Initiative meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£110,278 03/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
CAF - Grant to African Caribbean Community Initiative
£8,382 26/06/2020
3
Grant to African Caribbean Community Initiative to support the organisation through COVID19
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to African Caribbean Community Initiative
£5,000 23/06/2020
purchase of IT quipment for a charity that works with mental health problems in West Midlands
National Lottery Community Fund - ACCI Community Connectors
£10,000 22/04/2020
5
The funding will be used to provide meals and other services including counselling and online befriending. The project aims to support people through the Coronavirus pandemic.
National Lottery Community Fund - Asomdwei- Peace and Tranquillity Project
£10,000 03/05/2019
12
This funding will be used to deliver wellbeing workshops for people living with the effects of mental health problems. The project aims to increase people's self-esteem and build their confidence.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to African Caribbean Community Initiative
£99,000 26/03/2019
36
Wolverhampton charity supporting BAMER individuals and families through their holistic, therapeutic, programme of mental health enrichment activities. Offering positive recovery pathways to build ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to African Caribbean Community Initiative
£75,000 31/05/2017
36
over three years towards the salary of a new business development officer at a BME-led mental health support charity in Wolverhampton
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to African Caribbean Community Initiative
£14,500 15/03/2017
12
Support to a Midlands charity supporting adults with mental ill health. The work will bring in external professionals to help the charity diversify its sources of income by generating income from ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to African Caribbean Community Initiative
£70,600 08/09/2016
36
towards three years' salary of an Activities Officer at a project providing mental health recovery and rehabilitation support in Wolverhampton
National Lottery Community Fund - ACCI's UJIMA Project
£10,000 15/06/2016
12
The group will use the funding to run a series of mental health information community events for BAME people who experience related issues. This will raise the beneficiaries’ awareness of ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to African Caribbean Community Initiative
£12,050 09/09/2015
12
Seeking to strategically build the growth capacity and long term future sustainability of a mental health support charity through external consultancy expertise support to aid and equip them a robust ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Folami (Respect and Honour me) Project
£355,568 03/11/2014
60
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 25-75
  • MAUREEN MCCALLA Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retinoblastoma Nurse Specialist
  • MAXINE WHITE Appointed: 2002, Occupation: Social Work Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/08/2000, number: 1081996
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/06/2000, number: 04014153
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
  • 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
20 returns made; AR20: 10 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR12: 27 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR10: 1 days late, AR09: 175 days late, AR08: 13 days late, AR07: 122 days late, AR06: 3 days late, AR05: 17 days late,
Main office

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY INITIAT
217 WATERLOO TERRACE
NEWHAMPTON ROAD EAST
WOLVERHAMPTON
WEST MIDLANDS
WV1 4BA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR TH BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING ESPECIALLY PERSONS OF AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN ORIGIN LIVING OR WORKING IN OR AROUND THE BOROUGH OF WOLVERHAMPTON AND ITS ENVIRONS AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM OR WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM MENTAL ILLNESS OF ANY SORT

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF WOLVERHAMPTON AND ITS ENVIRONS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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