Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN LEUKAEMIA TRUST 

To relieve and support persons, in particular those from African, Caribbean, Mixed Race and Ethnic Minority communities suffering with Leukaemia or any other bone marrow diseases and in particular by the provision of counselling and encouraging people to donate bone marrow, blood & organs.To educate the public about the needs of persons suffering from Leukaemia or any other bone marrow diseases.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/23£460£372£88n/an/an/an/an/a150
31/07/22£531£293£237£48£459£45918.83150
31/07/21£267£179£88n/an/an/an/an/a150
31/07/20£271£234£37n/an/an/an/an/a150
31/07/19£280£223£57n/an/an/an/an/a150
31/07/18*£185£185£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/17£172£189£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/16£218£205£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/15£194£196£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£218£242£-24£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£239£275£-36£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/12*£221£287£-66£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/11£276£202£73£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/10£227£256£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/09£257£279£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/08£234£314£-79£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 17 years
(20 years as a company)

www.aclt.org

info@aclt.org

02037577700

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other specialist outpatient services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 150 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
City Bridge Trust£9,800
CAF£4,900
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Teach One to Reach One: The Power of One
£10,000 29/05/2020
6
The funding will be used to deliver online and telephone support for people living with Leukaemia from the black community and to raise awareness of the importance of black donor representation.
CAF - Grant to African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust
£4,900 21/05/2020
3
Grant to African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust to support the organisation through COVID19
City Bridge Trust - Grant to ACLT (African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust)
£9,800 15/05/2020
A grant of £9,800 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Department of Health - ACLT (African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust)
£9,850 01/04/2019
Funding for ACLT
Co-Operative Group - Grant to ACLT
£2,954 29/11/2017
We aim to save lives by raising awareness of Black organ donation inequalities, promoting transplantation to families and communities.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to ACLT
£2,981 04/08/2017
Delivering awareness of stem cell and organ donation via a specially created Schools Toolkit we can secure more donors and save more lives.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Increase the number of BME bone marrow, blood and organ donors
£2,000 05/08/2013
Towards helping increase the number of BME bone marrow, blood and organ donors at ACLT.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-64
  • SHARON JULIEN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Senior Programme Manager
  • DEAN FORBES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chief Executive
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/06/2007, number: 1119516
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/11/2003, number: 04956925
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR18: 114 days late, AR12: 10 days late,
Main office

2A Garnet Road
THORNTON HEATH
Surrey
CR7 8RD

Objectives

1) TO RELIEVE AND SUPPORT PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE FROM AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN COMMUNITIES SUFFERING WITH LEUKAEMIA OR ANY OTHER BONE MARROW DISEASES AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO DONATE BONE MARROW.2) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE NEEDS OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM LEUKAEMIA OR ANY OTHER BONE MARROW DISEASES.3) TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE ANY FORM OF RESEARCH INTO LEUKAEMIA OR ANY OTHER FORM OF BONE MARROW DISEASES AND TO DISSEMINATE AND MAKE PUBLIC THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.4) ANY OTHER PURPOSES CHARITABLE BY LAW, IN PARTICULAR, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR AMONGST THE BENEFICIAL CLASS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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