Afro Caribbean Elders Association

Analysis

Afro Caribbean Elders Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Afro Caribbean Elders Association reported income of £35k and spending of £38k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,775 to £35k (+835%), an average of +75% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 224%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Afro Caribbean Elders Association sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Suffah Foundation (£35k), The Turkish Cypriot Cultural Association (£35k) and Bury Gateway (£35k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.