African Caribbean Forum

Analysis

African Caribbean Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in October 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, African Caribbean Forum reported income of £28k and spending of £33k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £10k to £28k (+168%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, African Caribbean Forum sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birkenhead Choral Society (£28k), Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum Trust (£28k) and The Royal Society of Miniature Painters Sculptors and Gravers (£28k).