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Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

ALONGSIDE YOU

A free and confidential service of home-based childcare, outings and supportive relationships for children and families living with HIV in East London, provided through trained volunteers. Service options; regular visits, school holiday group outings, youth programme. Services for children aged 0-18 years. We provide training and teaching for groups on the impact of HIV on children in the UK.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£23£24£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£31£36£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£31£32£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£29£27£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?*£31£26£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£33£32£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£28£36£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£29£40£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£52£39£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£32£41£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£56£42£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£43£39£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£23£20£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£25£25£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

info@alongsideyou.org.uk

02074735050

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barking And Dagenham, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Alongside You
£2,500 30/05/2022
24
towards a two-day beach trip to Littlehampton for children from families living with HIV in the London Borough of Hackney.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Alongside You
£1,540 07/03/2018
24
towards a two-night trip to an activity centre in Kent for a group of disadvantaged children from East London
London Catalyst - Alongside You - 1
£3,000 08/02/2012
Expansion of core staff team and staff support fund

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 46-60
  • DAVID VINCENT Appointed: 2013, Occupation: None
  • JAMES EDDO Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Yp Partnerships And Alliances Emea
  • ROWENA CRISP Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Social Worker (Training)
  • YOLANDA MUSINGUZI Appointed: 2009, Occupation: None
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/04/2009, number: 1129336
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/02/2009, number: 06807480
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; AR20: 9 days late,
Main office

PO BOX 50521
LONDON
E16 1XF

Objectives

TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR CHILDREN THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, LIVING WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) OR ANY ASSOCIATED CONDITION, AND TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, BY THE PROVISION OF;(A) SUPPORT SERVICES(B) RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS(C) SMALL GRANTS FOR THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP(D) EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ABOUT HIV

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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