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Description
Action for M.E. was established for the relief of people suffering from the disease MyalgicEncephalomyelitis, (commonly known as M.E., or CFS/ME), and to provide information, advice and support, and to promote public education, campaigning and research into the disease. On a day to day basis we provide telephone support to people with M.E., manage Online M.E Centre and publish 'InterAction'.
Also known as
- Action for M E
- Action for M.E.
- Action for Me
- Afme
- Action For M.E.
- Action For Me
- Action for M.E.
- Action for ME
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
BS31 1EH
Website
Latest income
£1,123,419 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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- actionforme.org.uk
- Charity Commission England and Wales
- CharityBase
- Giving is Great
- Companies House
- Opencorporates
- Twitter: @actionforme
- Facebook: facebook.com/actionforme
- Wikipedia: Action for ME
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Areas of operation in the UK
Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1036419 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
Action for Me (this record)
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Scientific research and testing services
K10
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
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Charitable activities
CA» Policy campaigning and advocacyCA103 -
Education
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Health
HE» Health conditionHE200 -
Health
HE» Health conditionHE200» Chronic Fatigue SyndromeHE204 -
Research
RS -
Research
RS» Medical researchRS101
Theme (CCEW)
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General Charitable Purposes
101 -
Education/training
102 -
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
103 -
Disability
104 -
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
105 -
Other Charitable Purposes
117
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Children/young People
201 -
Elderly/old People
202 -
People With Disabilities
203 -
Other Defined Groups
206 -
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Organisations
302 -
Provides Services
306 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307 -
Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
308 -
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
309
Scale of operation
- National
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1994-04-14 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-03-31 | 766,130 | 903,968 |
| 2005-03-31 | 781,906 | 691,814 |
| 2006-03-31 | 955,883 | 807,874 |
| 2007-03-31 | 693,470 | 825,609 |
| 2008-03-31 | 949,123 | 907,206 |
| 2009-03-31 | 913,925 | 844,293 |
| 2010-03-31 | 1,031,237 | 1,012,941 |
| 2011-03-31 | 1,124,009 | 903,674 |
| 2012-03-31 | 689,333 | 890,435 |
| 2013-03-31 | 753,243 | 891,235 |
| 2014-03-31 | 668,844 | 766,127 |
| 2015-03-31 | 970,222 | 749,638 |
| 2016-03-31 | 1,013,038 | 816,031 |
| 2017-03-31 | 681,687 | 741,134 |
| 2018-03-31 | 1,268,718 | 1,046,797 |
| 2019-03-31 | 1,112,958 | 1,277,457 |
| 2020-03-31 | 949,527 | 985,977 |
| 2021-03-31 | 1,192,127 | 832,594 |
| 2022-03-31 | 2,497,718 | 1,326,158 |
| 2023-03-31 | 1,123,419 | 1,794,518 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 40 | 29 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 2 | 1 |
| Volunteers | 63 | 50 |
| Trustees | 14 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 746.6 | 980.3 |
| Legacies | 66.5 | 1,308.1 |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 813.1 | 2,288.4 |
| Income from charitable activities | 140.0 | 81.9 |
| Income from other trading activities | 17.2 | 18.5 |
| Income from investments | 8.6 | 1.1 |
| Other income | 144.6 | 107.9 |
| Total | 1,123.4 | 2,497.7 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 281.3 | 243.2 |
| Spending on raising funds | 281.3 | 243.2 |
| Grants to institutions | 38.7 | - |
| Other charitable activities | 1,474.6 | 1,082.9 |
| Charitable activities | 1,513.3 | 1,082.9 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 1,794.5 | 1,326.2 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | (671.1) | 1,171.6 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 19.4 | 27.4 |
| Investment assets | 44.3 | 47.8 |
| 63.7 | 75.2 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 1,277.1 | 1,042.5 |
| Other current assets | 148.3 | 1,056.4 |
| 1,425.4 | 2,099.0 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (108.8) | (119.3) |
| Net current assets | 1,316.6 | 1,979.7 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 1,380.3 | 2,054.8 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets | 1,380.3 | 2,054.8 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 173.7 | 251.6 |
| Unrestricted funds | 1,206.6 | 1,803.2 |
| 1,380.3 | 2,054.8 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| None recorded | ||
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 21,500 | 40,758 |
| Government grants as % of total income | 1.9% | 1.6% |
| Number of government grants | 1 | 3 |
Received 21 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
RC England Wide |
£226,211
3 years |
Young People's ME Counselling
Jan 2024 to Jan 2027 |
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BBC Children in Need
Cost of Living Uplift |
£500
Oct 2022 |
Grant to Action for M.E.
Oct 2022 |
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Garfield Weston Foundation
Health |
£30,000 | Main Grants award | ||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England |
£10,000
11.245901639344263 months |
Information Support and Advocacy Service
Apr 2022 to Mar 2023 |
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Barnwood Trust
Organisational and Groups Funding |
£4,000 | Organisational and Groups Funding | ||
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
£9,992 | Coronavirus Community Support Fund | ||
|
Garfield Weston Foundation
Welfare |
£25,000 | Main Grants award | ||
|
BBC Children in Need
Small Grants |
£26,219
3 years |
Grant to Action for M.E.
May 2020 to May 2023 |
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|
Masonic Charitable Foundation
Large Grant |
£59,610 | MCF Large Grant | ||
|
Garfield Weston Foundation
Health |
£25,000 | Main Grants award |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Barnwood Trust (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Cabinet Office (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- BBC Children in Need (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Garfield Weston Foundation (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Henry Smith Charity (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Masonic Charitable Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Quartet Community Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (7 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
National Lottery grants data comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who publish the National Lottery grants database.
This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.
- The National Lottery (1 grant) | Licence
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