ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS

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  5 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Abridged

Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)

Auditor

Moore Kingston Smith LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”

Group structure

1. ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS · parent
   1. ACF Conferences and Seminars Limited 100% · England and Wales · Conferences

Significant events

• “We also recognise a changing landscape, with emerging challenges such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital technology and increased demand for funding creating additional uncertainty to navigate.”
• “ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) We have responded to growing interest in AI and its implications for grant-making by providing insights into its potential applications.”
• “RISING DEMAND FOR FUNDING We provided practical resources, facilitated discussions, and highlighted the role of philanthropy in addressing financial hardship.”
• “ORIGINS OF WEALTH TOOLKIT In spring 2024 we produced a practical toolkit to support foundation boards to explore the links between the origins of their wealth and money from enslavement.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

14

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

6

last 12 months

Officers resigned

5

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +7.5%

  £1,535,208 → £1,649,636

• Cash

  +9.3%

  £334,463 → £365,428

• Net assets

  -4.9%

  £948,913 → £902,110

• Employees

  +18.8%

  16 → 19

• Profit before tax

  -151%

  £76,381 → -£38,925

• Wages

  +19.6%

  £780,545 → £933,826

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers