Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

BODY POSITIVE CHESHIRE AND NORTH WALES

Social Care services:Support, information and advice for people living with or affected by HIV & AIDS. Welfare and benefits advice, housing and legal information.Prevention & Health Promotion:Training and information for professionals regarding sexual health and sexuality. Condom and lube provision, peer support groups for LGBT people. Sexual health screening, training for local community.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • 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
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£275£262£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£245£289£-45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£235£273£-38n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£357£345£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£319£391£-72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£378£395£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£423£379£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£388£332£56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£317£302£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£323£319£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£359£336£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£299£289£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£331£400£-69n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10*£410£395£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£369£329£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£355£283£72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£251£279£-27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£270£275£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£247£269£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£257£250£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 33 years

www.bpcnw.co.uk

health@bpcnw.co.uk

01270 653150

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Reducing racial tensions
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Halton, Isle Of Anglesey, Wrexham,
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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cheshire Community Foundation - LGBT+ Mental Health Initiatives
£11,015 05/11/2021
Body Positive is a Crewe based charity that has been supporting LGBT+ communities for over 25 years and has a reputation for delivering high quality services. The project will tackle social isolation, improve mental well-being for a marginalised ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Pride in Well-Being
£174,500 17/09/2021
Based in Crewe Body Positive provide services for the LGBT+ community in Cheshire with the aim of making a more confident resilient and independent community. The group focus on support education and advice around issues of sexual health and ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Body Positive
£47,000 29/10/2019
From Prejudice to Pride - the later years
National Lottery Community Fund - LGBT+ Social Support
£9,000 24/07/2019
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The project aims to improve access to and quality of mental well-being services for LGBT+ people in the community. The organisation will engage with harder to reach LGBT+ people in the local area through one to one, therapeutic and group support.
Department of Health - Body Positive Cheshire and North Wales
£49,094 01/04/2019
Body Positive Cheshire and North Wales
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Body Positive
£43,500 02/08/2017
Celebrating Cheshire's LGBT History
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Body Positive Cheshire and North Wales
£20,000 28/09/2012
the salary of the HIV Case Manager
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • MICHELLE SIMPSON (Chair)
  • MELANIE WILLIAMS Appointed: 2020
  • NIGEL DAVIES Appointed: 2018
  • SALLI JEYNES Appointed: 2011
  • SIMON MILLAR Appointed: 2015
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/03/1992, number: 1009850
Gift Aid
  • 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 charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR10: 1 days late, AR07: 0 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

BRIDGEWATER HOUSE
230 Edleston Road
CREWE
CW2 7EH

Objectives

(1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST THOSE INFECTED WITH THE HUMAN IMMUNE DEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) AND THOSE PERSONS GENERALLY WHO HAVE DEVELOPED ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) RELATED DISEASES OR WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS OR RELATED CONDITIONS (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH IN ALL MATTERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EFFECTS OF HIV INFECTION AND AIDS AND THE PREVENTION THEREOF AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED BUT IN PRACTICE CHESHIRE AND NORTH WALES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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