Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 7
Support Score: 6
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

NAM PUBLICATIONS 

The charity provides information resources on HIV/AIDS and related conditions spanning five areas: (1) the clinical aspects of HIV, including treatments information; (2) viral hepatitis; (3) the testing, transmission and prevention of HIV; (4) social or non-clinical aspects of HIV (e.g. the law, mental health etc.); and (5) information about organisations operating within the HIV sector.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£764£747£18£1£796£67310.8815
31/12/21£732£658£74£1£778£67512.3815
31/12/20£806£681£125£1£704£60810.7815
31/12/19£678£726£-48£1£579£4457.4840
31/12/18£412£530£-118£0£0£0n/a040
31/12/17£506£552£-46£2£745£54211.890
31/12/16£725£631£94£2£790£56310.790
31/12/15£747£631£115£10£696£58911.260
31/12/14£850£1,062£-213£20£581£4665.370
31/12/13£899£1,020£-121£18£794£6227.3120
31/12/12£1,208£1,171£37£18£915£7197.4140
31/12/11£1,010£1,071£-61£30£877£7358.2130
31/12/10£1,296£1,344£-48£29£938£8437.5160
31/12/09£1,473£1,444£29£26£987£8226.8180
31/12/08£1,164£1,214£-50£23£958£8868.8140
31/12/07£1,313£1,103£209£22£1,008£7698.4150
31/12/06£1,257£1,105£153£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£1,286£1,105£180£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£1,159£1,055£103£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 10.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 6.5
Asset Split ?
Established: 32 years

www.aidsmap.com

info@nam.org.uk

020 3727 0123

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Mental health and addiction
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 8 employees
  • 15 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£26,271
DCMS£20,279
The London Community Foundation£9,640
London Catalyst£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
London Catalyst - NAM Publications - 1
£5,000 25/08/2023
Inform, Equip and Empower: Tackling health Inequalities and improving mental health outcomes for women of colour living with HIV.
National Lottery Community Fund - HIV and Healthy Living - Community outreach workshops
£8,529 28/03/2023
The funding will be used to run a series of workshops for people from Black communities living with HIV. The project aims to tackle HIV related stigma keep people informed and reduce isolation
National Lottery Community Fund - Knowledge is Power: Live Better with HIV
£8,130 10/06/2022
The funding will be used to provide monthly online support workshops to 60-80 people living with HIV across London. The project aims to designed to better equip empower and support disabled people of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - HIV and Healthy Living
£9,612 29/04/2021
The funding will be used to continue the groups delivery of support and information workshops for people from the Black community who are living with HIV. The project aims to raise awareness improve ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£20,279 15/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to NAM Publications
£9,640 08/07/2020
The funding is for Zoom workshops, group discussions and presentations for people living with HIV across London, particularly those from African and other BAME communities, with the objective of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community engagement and HIV treatment
£9,910 15/03/2019
12
The project will deliver workshops to raise awareness about living with HIV. The aim is to address issues and stigmas around living with HIV in order to improve attitudes toward the condition.
National Lottery Community Fund - African Communities Engagement Project
£252,396 12/01/2010
35
This new project serving all London boroughs will aim to overcome barriers in delivering HIV health and treatment information to the African community in the city. HIV is a complex condition with ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-57
  • JULIA REIDY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Vp Business Analyst/Project Manager, Credit Suisse
  • TOM ABELL (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Deputy Chief Executive Msb Group
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/05/1992, number: 1011220
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/04/1992, number: 02707596
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

439 Caledonian Road
LONDON
N7 9BG

Objectives

(1) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS,HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONGST PERSONS SUFFERING FROM AIDS,HIV AND APPARENTLY RELATED DISEASES AND CONDITIONS. (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING PEOPLE WORKING WITH THOSE SUFFERING FROM OR AT RISK OF BEING AFFECTED BY SUCH CONDITIONS IN ALL MATTERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EFFECTS OF THOSE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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