Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 4
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

AIDS CARE EDUCATION AND TRAINING 

Mission:promoting healthy self-esteem, positive relationships & good sexual health. - Educating young people- Delivering training & providing resources to those who work with young people- Supporting parents - Training & mobilising churches- Working with international partners to promote healthy relationships, improve sexual health & respond to the HIV pandemic
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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
31/08/22£636£623£13£53£324£961.9104
31/08/21£610£567£43£53£311£1142.493
31/08/20£555£582£-27£29£268£1222.5830
31/08/19£601£597£4£25£295£1553.180
31/08/18£499£551£-52£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/17£581£547£34£38£342£1673.770
31/08/16£545£510£35£30£308£1603.860
31/08/15£598£567£32£14£270£1122.450
31/08/14£574£499£75£17£238£942.340
31/08/13£509£535£-27£33£163£711.630
31/08/12£608£605£3£76£190£771.520
31/08/11£708£666£42£53£187£741.320
31/08/10£662£685£-23£34£145£941.620
31/08/09£711£697£14£37£168£1252.140
31/08/08£859£817£43£24£154£510.730
31/08/07*£408£372£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/06£370£348£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05£159£113£47£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£46£198£-151£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 30%
Reserves/Spending: 1.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 4.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 36 years

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Belarus, Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, India, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Throughout London, Uganda, Ukraine, Zimbabwe,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 10 employees
  • 4 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
Joseph Rank Trust£30,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£20,000
The Grocers' Charity£4,236
The Childhood Trust£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 17/09/2021
Esteem: Transforming culture through quality relationships and sex education
The Childhood Trust - Esteem: Empowering vulnerable children to flourish
£2,500 22/06/2021
We will improve the wellbeing & sexual health outcomes of 2,646 young people in Southwark through our Esteem programme. 75%+ of the youth we work with are of BAME heritage & experience a ....more
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - acet UK
£4,236 24/03/2021
Towards core costs to deliver 50 sex education sessions x 30 students in Southwark schools in the summer term 2021 for people aged 11-18.
Joseph Rank Trust - acet UK, Chester
£30,000 21/10/2020
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To part fund the UK Esteem programme

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 27-57
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/05/1988, number: 299293
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/04/1988, number: 02245302
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR07: 5 days late,
Main office

A C E T
Abbey House
Abbey Green
Chester
CH1 2JH

Objectives

(A) THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION ON THE SUBJECT OF AQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME AND (B) THE RELIEF OF NEED, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM THE SAID SYNDROME IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND (C) FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES ANCILLARY TO THE SAID OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE AND (D) IN RELATION TO ANY SUCH OBJECTS TO FOLLOW THE CHRISTIAN INJUNCTIONS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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