The Association for Cultural Exchange
Key takeaways
- The Association's stated themes are cultural education, archaeological studies, and art and conservation, and its purpose also covers general history, music, literature, design, architecture, environmental studies and the theory of education, so a project in one of these areas is the best fit.
- Its annual report gives no grants figure and no grant range, so it does not show what size of request is realistic, and a grant writer should ask the charity before setting an amount.
- No publicly published way to apply was found in its annual report, register entry or website, so a short enquiry to the charity is the sensible first step.
- It makes grants and bursaries to people, places and events, and for organisations it sometimes makes small grants where appropriate, particularly to bodies connected with destinations on its study tours.
- Nothing published about it says how competitive its giving is or when decisions are made, and no exclusions are stated.
Overview
The Association for Cultural Exchange is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 279567).
The Association for Cultural Exchange is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Its mission is to enable, encourage and facilitate lifelong cultural education, and to date more than 250 such awards have been made. It awards bursaries and grants, and its Small Grains programme, a twinning between Stapleford Granary Arts Centre and Stapleford Community Primary School, has entered its third year.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The Association’s charitable purpose is cultural education across general history, music, art, architecture and design, archaeology, literature, environmental studies and the theory of education. Its grants and bursaries support people, places and events associated with those objectives. Its stated grant history includes student scholarships, teacher training and archaeological studies, and criteria extending to art, music, literature, design and conservation. For organisations, where appropriate it sometimes makes small grants and awards to bodies connected with destinations on its study tours. It also uses surpluses to further its charitable purposes through activities at Stapleford Granary as well as bursaries and grants.
Themes
- Cultural education
- Archaeological studies
- Art and conservation
Geographic Focus
United Kingdom.
How to apply
No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2021 | £1,671,029 | £2,016,469 | £13,030 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £4,588,149 | £4,447,444 | £6,380 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £6,372,365 | £6,331,288 | £110 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £7,498,913 | £7,378,973 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £7,607,341 | £7,677,242 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 3 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2021; year to 31 December 2022; year to 31 December 2023: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
— No grants figure for those years.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- acecx.org/about · read on 23 October 2026
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 23 October 2026.
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- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission
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