Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 14

ALDATE'S COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION !NITIATIVES LTD

ACT!'s primary aim is providing relief to people in need, in particular offenders, ex-offenders, the homeless, asylum seekers and people suffering from addiction or mental illness.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 13 years

www.actoxford.com

office@actoxford.com

01865 254800

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22	*	£459	£440	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/12/21		£316	£304	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/12/20		£435	£386	£49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/12/19		£252	£223	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/12/18		£186	£181	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	150
31/12/17		£110	£98	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£113	£101	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£77	£82	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£138	£124	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£39	£19	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£61	£59	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Oxfordshire,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
65 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Oxfordshire Community Foundation	£61,469
Rothschild Foundation	£31,000
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government	£18,000
The Bishop Radford Trust	£4,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to ACT Oxford
£21,000	18/07/2022	We will support 23 people who were previously imprisoned or homeless to become work-ready, find and stay in jobs so they can move on independently and contribute to wider society.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - ACT’s street outreach and Monday meals
£5,319	23/11/2021 9	Grant to Aldates Community Transformation Initiatives
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to ACT (Aldates Community Transformation Initiatives)
£2,000	05/11/2021	The Poplars residential centre in Herefordshire in June. It will help cover costs including travel, venue hire, food equipment etc.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - The Keys Project
£20,000	13/07/2021 5	Grant to Aldates Community Transformation Initiatives
Rothschild Foundation - Grant to ACT Oxford
£10,000	07/04/2021 12	Funding for transport costs, digital equipment and salary of housing support staff responsible for around 20 ex-offender or ex-rough sleeping residents of ACT's supported accomodation.
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to ACT (Aldates Community Transformation Initiatives)
£2,000	29/01/2021	This grant is to fund food parcels for ACT house residents who are vulnerable, shielding or have recently lost their jobs. It will also fund the food parcels to welcome new people to an ACT property ....more This grant is to fund food parcels for ACT house residents who are vulnerable, shielding or have recently lost their jobs. It will also fund the food parcels to welcome new people to an ACT property after leaving life on the streets or in prison.
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - ACT Winter Hot Meals for Rough Sleepers
£5,000	28/01/2021 1	Funding for six weeks of winter hot meals for rough sleepers project.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£18,000	07/05/2020	Organisations supporting homelessness
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - Accessing Change
£25,000	04/05/2020 11	Grant to Aldates Community Transformation Initiatives
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - COVID19
£6,150	06/04/2020 2	Food distribution - 70 hot meals for rough sleepers in the city per day, from our kitchens.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 25-58

ANDRAE AKEH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Editorial Project Manager

DAVID PETER BENNET Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

KAREN SIMSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer, Other trusteeship: ST ALDATES MINISTRY CIO,

LAURA EVERS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Psychotherapeutic Counsellor

LUKE HARRIS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

PHOEBE ANNA MITCHELL Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Civil Servant

REV STEPHEN FOSTER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Rector Of St Aldate'S Church, Other trusteeships: ST ALDATES PAROCHIAL CHARITY, ALPHA INTERNATIONAL, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ALDATES, OXFORD, ST ALDATES MINISTRY CIO,

ROBERT NEIL TALBOT SIMMONS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Economist

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/07/2011, number: 1143136
Registered at Companies House on 09/06/2010, number: 07279350

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR22: 115 days late,

Main office

40 PEMBROKE STREET
OXFORD
OX1 1BP

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN NEED IN PARTICULAR, OFFENDERS, EX OFFENDERS, THE HOMELESS, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION AND MENTAL ILLNESS;2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH;3. SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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