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Description
ActionAid UK is part of an international federation working in 44 countries. We provide support and humanitarian assistance to people living in poverty and on the margins of survival. Together we demand action at local, national and international level. We don't walk away until we've achieved lasting change.
Also known as
- Actionaid
- Actionaid International UK
- Actionaid UK
- Action Aid
- ActionAid
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
EC1R 0BJ
Website
Domain
actionaid.org
Latest income
£59,635,375 (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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- actionaid.org.uk
- Charity Commission England and Wales
- CharityBase
- Giving is Great
- Companies House
- Opencorporates
- Twitter: @actionaid
- Facebook: facebook.com/ActionAid
- Wikipedia: ActionAid
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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.
Area of operation outside the UK
- Afghanistan
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Burundi
- Brazil
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- Ethiopia
- France
- Ghana
- Gambia
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Ireland
- India
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Cambodia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Lesotho
- Myanmar
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Netherlands
- Nepal
- Peru
- Philippines
- Palestine, State of
- Rwanda
- Sweden
- Sierra Leone
- Senegal
- Somalia
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Uganda
- United States
- Viet Nam
- Vanuatu
- South Africa
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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 3 active records and 0 inactive records, from 3 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 274467 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
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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International activities
G30
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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Social welfare
SW» Individual povertySW105
Theme (CCEW)
-
Education/training
102 -
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
105 -
Overseas Aid/famine Relief
106 -
Environment/conservation/heritage
112 -
Economic/community Development/employment
113 -
Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
115
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
-
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
205 -
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
-
Makes Grants To Organisations
302 -
Provides Services
306 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307 -
Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
308
Scale of operation
- National and Overseas
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1972-10-28 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-12-31 | 86,031,000 | 78,203,000 |
| 2005-12-31 | 108,031,000 | 108,756,000 |
| 2006-12-31 | 107,692,000 | 110,275,000 |
| 2007-12-31 | 67,727,000 | 68,531,000 |
| 2008-12-31 | 67,777,000 | 67,518,000 |
| 2009-12-31 | 64,699,000 | 61,096,000 |
| 2010-12-31 | 65,745,000 | 63,783,000 |
| 2011-12-31 | 62,584,000 | 63,894,000 |
| 2012-12-31 | 59,454,000 | 61,464,000 |
| 2013-12-31 | 63,660,000 | 57,584,000 |
| 2014-12-31 | 62,791,000 | 63,344,000 |
| 2015-12-31 | 65,331,000 | 63,469,000 |
| 2016-12-31 | 60,406,000 | 58,620,000 |
| 2017-12-31 | 55,037,000 | 60,899,000 |
| 2018-12-31 | 49,600,000 | 46,605,000 |
| 2019-12-31 | 49,105,000 | 50,577,000 |
| 2020-12-31 | 50,313,117 | 49,126,097 |
| 2021-12-31 | 49,553,788 | 47,575,818 |
| 2022-12-31 | 59,635,375 | 58,063,490 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 209 | 205 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 13 | 16 |
| Volunteers | 1 | 1 |
| Trustees | 8 |
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.
| 2022 £m |
2021
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 47.6 | 38.5 |
| Legacies | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 50.4 | 41.7 |
| Income from charitable activities | 8.9 | 7.5 |
| Income from other trading activities | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Income from investments | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Other income | - | 0.1 |
| Total | 59.6 | 49.6 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 12.1 | 11.9 |
| Spending on raising funds | 12.1 | 11.9 |
| Grants to institutions | 38.3 | 28.4 |
| Other charitable activities | 7.7 | 7.2 |
| Charitable activities | 46.0 | 35.6 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 58.1 | 47.6 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 1.6 | 2.0 |
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.
| 2022 £m |
2021
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 1.4 | 0.3 |
| Investment assets | 0.0 | - |
| 1.4 | 0.3 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | 10.5 | 7.0 |
| Cash | 4.2 | 12.7 |
| Other current assets | 6.5 | 4.3 |
| 21.2 | 24.0 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (3.9) | (7.2) |
| Net current assets | 17.3 | 16.8 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 18.8 | 17.1 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets | 18.8 | 17.1 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 9.1 | 6.3 |
| Unrestricted funds | 9.6 | 10.8 |
| 18.8 | 17.1 | |
| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| Income from government contracts | 590,484 | 235,056 |
| Government contracts as % of total income | 1.0% | 0.5% |
| Number of government contracts | 1 | 1 |
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 184,085 | 1,288,128 |
| Government grants as % of total income | 0.3% | 2.6% |
| Number of government grants | 3 | 6 |
Received 21 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
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Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Alan & Babette Sainsbury Charitable Fund (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Comic Relief (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Indigo Trust (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Joffe Charitable Trust (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Quartet Community Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (14 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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