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CCEW Charity Commission profile

AFRICAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE LIMITED

Registered charity 1137490 · organisation 4051167

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Charitable company
Registered
13 August 2010
Removed
Not supplied
Company number supplied
03471844
Financial period
1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income
£789,336
Latest expenditure
£610,893
Gift Aid
No
Owns or uses land
Yes
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: THE LINK DANCE SPACE, 54-57 FLOODGATE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B5 5SL

Website recorded by the regulator: www.acedanceandmusic.com (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

ACE dance and music is a professional dance Company based at The Link, Digbeth in B'ham. ACE dance and music fuse traditional African & Caribbean dance aesthetic with contemporary techniques to create high-quality innovative performance work, outreach & education programmes for adults and young people in a variety of settings within B'ham, the West Midlands, across the UK and in mainland Europe.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received
20 January 2026
Date Accounts Received
20 January 2026
Total Gross Income
£789,336
Total Gross Expenditure
£610,893
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received
31 January 2025
Date Accounts Received
31 January 2025
Total Gross Income
£886,587
Total Gross Expenditure
£829,469
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received
22 May 2024
Date Accounts Received
22 May 2024
Total Gross Income
£797,315
Total Gross Expenditure
£808,246
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received
31 January 2023
Date Accounts Received
31 January 2023
Total Gross Income
£594,062
Total Gross Expenditure
£543,560
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received
23 February 2022
Date Accounts Received
23 February 2022
Total Gross Income
£658,827
Total Gross Expenditure
£300,953

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
Yes
Fin Period Order Number
1
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Due Date
31 January 2026
Ar Received Date
20 January 2026
Total Gross Income
£789,336
Total Gross Expenditure
£610,893
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Grants
£655,319
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000
2
Count Volunteers
8
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Due Date
31 January 2025
Ar Received Date
31 January 2025
Total Gross Income
£886,587
Total Gross Expenditure
£829,469
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000
2
Count Volunteers
10
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
3
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Due Date
31 January 2024
Ar Received Date
22 May 2024
Total Gross Income
£797,315
Total Gross Expenditure
£808,246
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
1
Count Govt Grants
£0
Income From Government Contracts
6000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
No
Trustee Receives Payments Services
No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
10
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
4
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Due Date
31 January 2023
Ar Received Date
31 January 2023
Total Gross Income
£594,062
Total Gross Expenditure
£543,560
Charity Raises Funds From Public
Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser
No
Charity Commercial Participator
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
Yes
Count Govt Grants
£3
Income From Government Grants
£18,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
20
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
5
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2021
Ar Due Date
31 January 2022
Ar Received Date
23 February 2022
Total Gross Income
£658,827
Total Gross Expenditure
£300,953
Charity Raises Funds From Public
Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser
No
Charity Commercial Participator
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
Yes
Count Govt Grants
£3
Income From Government Grants
£488,819
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
16

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
Yes
Fin Period Order Number
1
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Due Date
31 January 2026
Ar Received Date
20 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies
592
Income Other Trading Activities
0
Income Charitable Activities
38280
Income Investments
8769
Income Other
741695
Income Total Income And Endowments
789336
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£3,777
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£607,116
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
610893
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
3633
Expenditure Support Costs
0
Expenditure Depreciation
2416
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£875,354
Assets Total Fixed
683727
Assets Own Use
683727
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£297,479
Assets Total Liabilities
£105,852
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£875,354
Creditors One Year Total Current
105852
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£186,604
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
875354
Funds Restricted
0
Funds Total
875354
Count Employees
13
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Due Date
31 January 2025
Ar Received Date
31 January 2025
Income Donations And Legacies
297
Income Other Trading Activities
655319
Income Charitable Activities
193901
Income Investments
9447
Income Other
27623
Income Total Income And Endowments
886587
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£4,234
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£825,235
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
829469
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
2841
Expenditure Support Costs
524006
Expenditure Depreciation
2142
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£687,626
Assets Total Fixed
683411
Assets Own Use
683411
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£404,729
Assets Total Liabilities
£391,229
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£696,911
Creditors One Year Total Current
51229
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
340000
Assets Cash
£362,390
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
687626
Funds Restricted
9285
Funds Total
696911
Count Employees
8
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
3
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Due Date
31 January 2024
Ar Received Date
22 May 2024
Income Donations And Legacies
4077
Income Other Trading Activities
405319
Income Charitable Activities
355371
Income Investments
3013
Income Other
29535
Income Total Income And Endowments
797315
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£8,652
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£799,594
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
808246
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
2000
Expenditure Support Costs
385157
Expenditure Depreciation
3345
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£590,736
Assets Total Fixed
4554
Assets Own Use
4554
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£668,180
Assets Total Liabilities
£32,941
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£639,793
Creditors One Year Total Current
32941
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£638,546
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
590736
Funds Restricted
49057
Funds Total
639793
Count Employees
14
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
4
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Due Date
31 January 2023
Ar Received Date
31 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies
415699
Income Other Trading Activities
0
Income Charitable Activities
153782
Income Investments
80
Income Other
24501
Income Total Income And Endowments
594062
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£19,271
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£524,289
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
543560
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
2000
Expenditure Support Costs
72864
Expenditure Depreciation
3047
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£616,673
Assets Total Fixed
5720
Assets Own Use
5720
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£677,976
Assets Total Liabilities
£32,972
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£650,724
Creditors One Year Total Current
32972
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£657,950
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
616673
Funds Restricted
34051
Funds Total
650724
Count Employees
8
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
5
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2021
Ar Due Date
31 January 2022
Ar Received Date
23 February 2022
Income Donations And Legacies
405560
Income Other Trading Activities
0
Income Charitable Activities
213202
Income Investments
121
Income Other
39944
Income Total Income And Endowments
658827
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£4,047
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£296,906
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
300953
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
0
Expenditure Governance
0
Expenditure Support Costs
0
Expenditure Depreciation
2289
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£444,264
Assets Total Fixed
4750
Assets Own Use
4750
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£613,076
Assets Total Liabilities
£17,604
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£600,222
Creditors One Year Total Current
17604
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£517,701
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
444264
Funds Restricted
155958
Funds Total
600222
Count Employees
5
Charity Only Accounts
Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Region
Geographic Area Description
Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind
No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
113
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Economic/community Development/employment
Classification Code
201
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Children/young People
Classification Code
109
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Classification Code
310
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Other Charitable Activities
Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind
Classification Code
102
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Education/training

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
AFRICAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE LIMITED
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
2010-08-13T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 NOVEMBER 1997
Charitable Objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF DANCE.
Area Of Benefit
UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Policy Name
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Policy Name
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Policy Name
Paying staff
Policy Name
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Policy Name
Complaints policy and procedures
Policy Name
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Policy Name
Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Policy Name
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Policy Name
Social media policy and procedures
Policy Name
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Policy Name
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Policy Name
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Policy Name
Complaints handling
Policy Name
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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Risk management
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Volunteer management
Policy Name
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Policy Name
Conflicting interests