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Registered charity · Blackburn

Africa Community Action

Africa Community Action is a registered charity (number 1132960) based in Blackburn, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Terry Woodruft since 2011. Latest income £10k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as ACA (Charity Commission)

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £10k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 7 more
Where
Bolton, Manchester City, Lancashire, Blackburn With Darwen and more
Website
www.a-c-a.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£10k£9k
  • 2024£7k£7k
  • 2023£9k£8k
Earlier years
  • 2022£5k£5k
  • 2021£3k£3k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

3.1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE GRANTEDREFUGEE STATUS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFEAND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.3.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THEISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THEUNITED KINGDOM.3.3) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND THE PRESERVATION ANDPROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH OF THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THEUNITED KINGDOM OR WHO HAVE BEEN GRANTED REFUGEE STATUSAND THEIR DEPENDANTS.3.4) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIMEOCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFEOF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASONOF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIALHARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Grants received

1 grant · £9,993 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,993

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9932010-11-18
Board analysis

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.

13y median 14.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 8General Charitable Purposes 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£10k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1132960
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 23 JULY 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 22 OCTOBER 2009
Contact on the register
07957175706
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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