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Registered charity · No. 1156904CIO

Foundation for Active Community Engagement

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Foundation for Active Community Engagement is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include general charitable purposes, education/training, disability.

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What are the key facts about Foundation for Active Community Engagement?

Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31
£727,894
Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31
£597,680
Registered charity number
1156904
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
CIO
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Filton
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes

Quick answer

Foundation for Active Community Engagement (number 1156904) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does Foundation for Active Community Engagement do?

Provision of a venue and service for youth work and award schemes, targeting based on age or mental or physical ability. Provision of a venue and service for community events, courses, social and/or employment skills. Work with other voluntary or educational organisations through the use of employees and volunteers of the organisation operating sessions and mentoring, for example at local schools.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Foundation for Active Community Engagement

Answers Foundation for Active Community Engagement gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are Foundation for Active Community Engagement's highest-paid staff paid?

Foundation for Active Community Engagement's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Where does Foundation for Active Community Engagement's money come from?

Foundation for Active Community Engagement reported £728k total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £672k (92%), trading and fundraising events £34k (5%), donations and legacies £21k (3%).

  • Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£672k · 92%
  • Trading and fundraising events£34k · 5%
  • Donations and legacies£21k · 3%
  • Investments£419 · 0%

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Foundation for Active Community Engagement as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Foundation for Active Community Engagement's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Also known as
Face
Where it says it operates
South Gloucestershire · Bristol City

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Elderly/old People; People With Disabilities; Other Defined Groups; The General Public/mankind.

Reported activities: Provides Services; Provides Advocacy/advice/information.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is Foundation for Active Community Engagement registered for?

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisability

Why is there no Clarity Score for Foundation for Active Community Engagement yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Foundation for Active Community Engagement. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

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Frequently asked questions

Is Foundation for Active Community Engagement a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Foundation for Active Community Engagement as a registered charity (number 1156904) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Foundation for Active Community Engagement's charity number?
Foundation for Active Community Engagement's charity number is 1156904. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1156904?
Search 1156904 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Foundation for Active Community Engagement do?
Provision of a venue and service for youth work and award schemes, targeting based on age or mental or physical ability. Provision of a venue and service for community events, courses, social and/or employment skills. Work with other voluntary or educational organisations through the use of employees and volunteers of the organisation operating sessions and mentoring, for example at local schools.
Does Foundation for Active Community Engagement have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Foundation for Active Community Engagement. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Foundation for Active Community Engagement?
Foundation for Active Community Engagement's website listed in our register data is http://www.facecharity.org.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Foundation for Active Community Engagement's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Foundation for Active Community Engagement's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Foundation for Active Community Engagement's money come from?
Foundation for Active Community Engagement reported £728k total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £672k (92%), trading and fundraising events £34k (5%), donations and legacies £21k (3%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Foundation for Active Community Engagement?
The register records Foundation for Active Community Engagement as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Foundation for Active Community Engagement's trustees paid?
Foundation for Active Community Engagement's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Foundation for Active Community Engagement registered as a charity?
Foundation for Active Community Engagement was entered on the register on 2 May 2014.

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.