Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 4

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
Future income +5
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

ACFA: THE ADVICE NETWORK

Our mission is to work in partnership to combat poverty and promote social justice by improving the quality & provision of free, independent advice.ACFA supports advice agencies based in and around Bristol who provide free, independent and confidential advice services. Individually and collectively, ACFA members will be more effective and efficient in order to provide great advice services

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity only provides its support via other charities
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Established: 4 years

www.acfa.org.uk

info@acfa.org.uk

01179552981

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

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
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Advice Centres for Avon
£20,000	27/09/2023	To create a unified voice for the advice sector, and the administration needed to effectively bring together advice agencies to share information and coordinate joint working.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Advice Centres for Avon
£4,930	04/06/2020	To enable ACFA to coordinate and deliver a joint advice services response by its members to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALICE TIBBERT Appointed: 2022

ALISON RUSH Appointed: 2023

DR ROB FRANCE Appointed: 2022

FIONA COPE Appointed: 2023

FRANCES BEGLEY Appointed: 2019

JONATHAN SHOESMITH Appointed: 2023

KAREN BOWERS Appointed: 2022

KATHERINE MARTINA TANKO Appointed: 2022

MICHAEL DAVID HARRIS Appointed: 2020

WILLIAM COTTERILL Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/12/2019, number: 1187070

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints policy and procedures
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Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

ST. PAULS ADVICE CENTRE
146 GROSVENOR ROAD
BRISTOL
BS2 8YA

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY ADVICE SERVICE SECTOR IN BRISTOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: -• SUPPORTING ADVICE SERVICE ORGANISATIONS;• ENCOURAGING CLOSER WORKING RELATIONSHIP AMONGST ALL ADVICE PROVIDING ORGANISATIONS;• SHARING INFORMATION WITH MEMBERS AND PROVIDING TRAINING ON A RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING TECHNICAL UPDATES AND WIDER SOCIAL POLICY ISSUES;• REPRESENTING THE ADVICE SECTOR IN BRISTOL TO EXTERNAL BODIES AND IN BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONAL ISSUES.

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