Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

KERNOW POSITIVE SUPPORT (KPS)

We provide services for people in Cornwall living with or affected by HIV and AIDS. We offer guidance and support, and fight against stigma and discrimination towards people with HIV, helping to empower. We offer advocacy, representation, financial and housing advice, counselling, therapies, hardship funds and awareness raising workshops.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 3 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£92£71£21n/a
31/03/22*£33£60£-26n/a
31/03/21£57£83£-27n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

http://www.kpsdirect.com

cornwall.kps@outlook.com

01872258453

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cornwall, Isles Of Scilly,
Who it helps
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£208,642
DCMS£40,000
Cornwall Community Foundation£19,997
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Health and Wellbeing
£9,922 28/04/2023
The funding will be used to provide counselling and therapy sessions for people living with HIV. The project will provide support at the earliest stage of physical and mental health problems to build confidence and wellbeing encourage them to ....more
Cornwall Community Foundation - Grant to Kernow Positive support
£5,000 06/12/2022
We offer extensive support for HIV patients in Cornwall, including crisis help, aid for caregivers, resource referrals, and advocacy during assessments, recognizing the multifaceted challenges of HIV.
Cornwall Community Foundation - Positive Support
£4,997 01/09/2022
We offer extensive support for HIV patients in Cornwall, including crisis help, aid for caregivers, resource referrals, and advocacy during assessments, recognizing the multifaceted challenges of HIV.
Cornwall Community Foundation - Grants for individuals
£5,000 24/06/2022
We offer extensive support for HIV patients in Cornwall, including crisis help, aid for caregivers, resource referrals, and advocacy during assessments, recognizing the multifaceted challenges of HIV.
National Lottery Community Fund - KPS Enabling Links
£188,743 24/02/2022
The project is using funding to introduce a new peer to peer support service and buddying service for people suffering from HIV across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. This service will build on and complement their existing activities which ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Moving KPS into the Future
£9,977 03/09/2021
The organisation will use the funding to continue to run their existing activities supporting people with HIV with housing welfare health signposting and wellbeing services.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 30/09/2020
towards core costs over 12 months for this chairty who suppor those newly diagnosed with, and people living with HIV
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£40,000 08/07/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Cornwall Community Foundation - Core Costs in response to Covid 19
£5,000 16/04/2020
12
To enable them to continue to provide counselling, therapies, helpline and dedicated groups.
National Lottery Community Fund - People In Our Own Right
£9,860 23/05/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver support services for people living with the effects of HIV. The project aims to raise awareness, reduce loneliness and improve mental wellbeing._x000D_ _x000D_ .
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

  • IAIN ROBERT MCALPINE Appointed: 2024
  • MASSIMO ROWSE-DE FRANCO
  • SHEILA OLEARY Appointed: 2017
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/10/2019, number: 1186054
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; AR22: 3 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from KERNOW POSITIVE SUPPORT (KPS) on 27/07/2020
Main office

The Piran Room
The Hub
Royal Cornwall Hospital
Penventinnie Lane
Truro

Objectives

1) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS BU THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION, CARE SUPPORT AND COUNSELLING SERVICES.2) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE NEEDS OF PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS, AND IN THE BETTER UNDERSTANDING WITH A VIEW TO PROMOTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISEASE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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