# Action Change (Formally GVI Trust)

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1111494
- **Other names:** GLOBAL VISION INTERNATIONAL CHARITABLE TRUST, GVI Trust
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Sept. 29, 2005
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1111494


## Contact

- **Address:** Capital Office, 124-128 City Road, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC1V 2NX
- **Phone:** 0208 088 5213
- **Email:** hello@actionchange.org
- **Website:** www.actionchange.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (1)  TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT;(2)  TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT;(3)  TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PRESERVE AND PROMOTE THE GOOD HEALTH OF PERSONS;(4)  TO RELIEVE POVERTY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS.

**Activities:** Working with local hard to reach communities across the globe, Action Change manages, grows, develops and fundraises for numerous long-term programs that tackle the United Nations SDG&#x27;s. Using these goals as a blueprint and working in collaboration with the communities aim to alleviate poverty, illiteracy, environmental degradation and climate change through: education; nutrition and conservation.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Australia
- Brazil
- Costa Rica
- Fiji
- Ghana
- India
- Kenya
- Laos
- Mexico
- Nepal
- Seychelles
- South Africa
- Thailand
- United States
- Vanuatu
- Zimbabwe



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £162955 | £163513 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £131486 | £154046 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £129024 | £266912 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £338337 | £262898 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £170939 | £254589 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **HEIDI KING** (Chair) — appointed April 28, 2017
- Philip John Day — appointed Aug. 6, 2018
- Sofia Alaines Guzzo — appointed April 22, 2025


