'Community sector organisations in receipt of patient capital grow faster than general charities' – evaluation of ACF

A report by the Centre for Social Evaluation Research at London Metropolitan University found that ACF funded organisations had, as a group, increased their income, reserves, assets and organisational capacity. The gross income of ACF investees grew by over 160 per cent in the six years that straddled their ACF investment. This compared to the average of 19 per cent for all similar sized registered charities.

Furthermore, ACF investees - which receive a combination of loans, grants and business support - also saw a 62 per cent increase in income in the three years after they received their investment, compared to an average rise of just five per cent for all similar sized registered charities over the same length of time.

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