Ace (Action in Caerau and Ely)

Analysis

Ace (Action in Caerau and Ely) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07623914). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ace (Action in Caerau and Ely) reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.4m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £1.2m (-10%), an average of -2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ace (Action in Caerau and Ely) sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tees Valley Community Church (£1.2m), Bromley Christian Centre (£1.2m) and Halton Citizens Advice Bureau (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%, trading 8.8% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £615k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 people.