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Registered charity (CIO) · Bristol

Acfa: the Advice Network

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £58k (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset, Somerset and more
Website
www.acfa.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£58k£44k
  • 2025£43k£35k
  • 2024£24k£16k
Earlier years
  • 2023£3k£5k
  • 2022£3k£8k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government grants 68%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY ADVICE SERVICE SECTOR IN BRISTOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: -• SUPPORTING ADVICE SERVICE ORGANISATIONS;• ENCOURAGING CLOSER WORKING RELATIONSHIP AMONGST ALL ADVICE PROVIDING ORGANISATIONS;• SHARING INFORMATION WITH MEMBERS AND PROVIDING TRAINING ON A RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING TECHNICAL UPDATES AND WIDER SOCIAL POLICY ISSUES;• REPRESENTING THE ADVICE SECTOR IN BRISTOL TO EXTERNAL BODIES AND IN BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONAL ISSUES.

Grants received

4 grants · £54,930 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

Most recent

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.

9 trustees on the board

3.9y median 4y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9

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

Professional services 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£43k 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
1187070
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 20 Dec 2019
Contact on the register
01179552981 · info@acfa.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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