The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Association of Charitable Foundations

Registered charity 1105412 Registered since 2004

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

1.3y median 1y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (6)

13
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 13Education/training 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Accommodation/housing 1Animals 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 18Education 9Professional services 7

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.6m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.2 in 2020

19 from 16 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.acf.org.uk
Emailacf@acf.org.uk
Phone02072554499
AddressNest58, 58 Victoria Embankment, LONDON, EC4Y 0DS

Finances

£1,667,511 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,441,672£1,319,290
2022£1,604,883£1,454,782
2023£1,535,208£1,458,827
2024£1,649,636£1,688,561
2025£1,667,511£1,759,261

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO FURTHER THE WORK OF CHARITABLE GRANT MAKING TRUSTS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:-(A) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH TRUSTS AND INSTITUTIONS AND CARRYING OUT RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;(B) PROMOTING THE COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH TRUSTS AND INSTITUTIONS AND BETTER METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THEIR RESOURCES..

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 JULY 2004. as amended on 30 Oct 2018 as amended on 07 Nov 2018 as amended on 29 Jun 2021 as amended on 04 Jul 2024

Trustees (15)

15trustees
55median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Association of Charitable Foundations · 05190466 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 27/07/2004

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (10)

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