Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

AQUARIUS ACTION PROJECTS

Aquarius works with individuals, families, carers and professionals around issues of alcohol misuse, drug misuse, gambling and other behavioural problems. We have services across the Midlands and the northern Home Counties. Our skilled practitioners and support workers offer education, training, outreach, home visits, one to one & group work.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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 age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£6,283£5,336£947£23£5,275£4,52410.215319
31/03/22£5,706£5,128£578£46£4,328£3,8779.114524
31/03/21£5,656£5,229£427£6£3,750£3,3167.614838
31/03/20£5,299£5,521£-222£32£3,324£2,9196.316535
31/03/19£5,116£5,290£-174£29£3,545£3,1207.114441
31/03/18£5,392£5,636£-245£4£3,720£3,2416.91490
31/03/17£5,486£5,381£105£0£3,964£3,4037.61630
31/03/16£5,207£5,520£-313£0£2,010£1,85241630
31/03/15£7,639£7,295£344£16£2,323£2,1133.51970
31/03/14£7,262£7,651£-390£34£1,979£1,6822.62070
31/03/13£6,895£7,563£-668£26£2,369£1,1171.81900
31/03/12£6,327£6,649£-322£24£3,036£1,3702.51800
31/03/11£6,558£6,020£538£21£3,358£9631.92050
31/03/10£5,890£4,943£947£27£2,820£6341.51360
31/03/09£5,116£4,498£618£19£1,874£4921.31510
31/03/08£4,256£3,607£649£12£1,060£3441.11270
31/03/07£3,612£3,454£159£14£369£1470.51180
31/03/06£3,349£3,392£-44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£3,093£3,083£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£2,779£2,750£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 86%
Reserves/Spending: 10.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 3.9
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 32 years
(35 years as a company)

www.aquarius.org.uk

headoffice@aquarius.org.uk

01216228181

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UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Support for addiction & substance abuse
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bedford, Birmingham City, Buckinghamshire, Coventry City, Derby City, Northamptonshire, Solihull, Telford & Wrekin, Wolverhampton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

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
Esmee Fairbairn£227,794
Department of Health£111,864
BBC Children in Need£100,968
Harpur Trust£68,368
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
£9,060 26/10/2023
Commemorating 10 Years: Voices of Resilience in Young People's Services
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
£100,968 05/06/2023
36
This grant will provide activities for children and young people affected or impacted by substance misuse, supporting them to build trusting relationships, learn new skills, have fun and develop emotional resilience.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
£17,667 13/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Co-Op Foundation - Evolve Across Aquarius
£40,000 15/06/2022
Aquarius will expand their current project, to support up to 75 YP across 5 of their YP services (Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Birmingham, Bedfordshire, Wolverhampton), almost all with experience of personal or parent/carer substance misuse to ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
£176,668 30/03/2022
24
Towards project costs for Aquarius Cares, supporting young people who are, have been in care or are at risk of returning to develop their resilience and coping strategies
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Steps to Change
£10,000 30/03/2022
This project will support people aged 55+ to get and stay active, targeting people affected by substance misuse and who may feel excluded from traditional activity including a weekly walking football group, weekly angling group, and to establish in ....more
Sport England - Steps to Change
£35,845 18/11/2021
Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Steps to Change. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
Harpur Trust - Aquarius Action Projects
£68,368 09/03/2021
Aquarius Complex Needs Worker: Outreach to 5-19 year olds at risk of the impacts of addictions
Birmingham City Council - Exercise from a Chair Perry Barr
£2,568 02/11/2020
provision of exercise equipment and virtual sessions
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£54,000 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
CHK Foundation - CHK Main Grant
£25,000 10/06/2020
to support work with teenagers with substance misuse problems and other complex issues
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
£33,459 05/05/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Department of Health - Aquarius Action
£111,864 01/04/2020
Grants to undertake work on Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorders.
Co-Op Foundation - Evolve
£70,000 29/11/2018
Creating a youth-led network of mentors to run face-to-face mentoring, training events and youth groups for young people who have experience of substance misuse.
Sport England - Steps to Change
£120,704 06/08/2018
35
Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing funding programme for a Revenue project titled Steps to Change. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
£203,757 08/02/2018
36
Towards a programme of support for young people in care who have experienced parental substance abuse.
Sport England - Steps to Change
£60,352 29/09/2017
12
Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Steps to Change'. This project lists its main activity as Multi-Skill Coaching.
Sport England - Steps to Change
£60,352 29/09/2017
35
Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Steps to Change. This project is a Multi-Skill Coaching project, with a focus on older beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - The WellyBeing Project
£9,998 13/09/2017
12
This charity will provide various farm based activities for people with a range a complex needs, providing therapeutic support to help address their issues.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Family First
£18,000 08/06/2017
8
Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
£15,000 20/10/2016
Building refurbishment for a charity working in Birmingham
National Lottery Community Fund - Sikh Alcohol and Health Project
£374,245 18/11/2015
36
A scheme to promote awareness around alcohol Misuse and the rapidly growing treatment needs of the Punjabi-Sikh community in Birmingham. Working with organisations and local residents the scheme will train community volunteers to deliver group and ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
£81,483 01/11/2015
36
This project will support young people with drug and alcohol issues. Gardening, nutrition session and one to one work will develop their resilience, life skills and lead to a healthier lifestyle.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
£10,000 24/08/2015
Aquarius Recovery - Book of Hope
National Lottery Community Fund - Time of My Life Birmingham
£1,076,901 25/02/2014
36
A scheme to tackle alcohol abuse among socially isolated older people in Birmingham. It will help break patterns of social isolation by providing older people with group and individual support and friendship and provide crucial advice on alcohol ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Family First
£118,639 03/09/2013
36
This is a development of an existing project to provide a focused support network for family carers (known as kinship carers (KC)). It will also provide support to children being cared for, who often have complex needs due to experiencing a chaotic ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Aquarius Action Projects
£65,000 27/03/2013
Towards the cost of a project that provides practical and emotional support to grandparents who care for children whose parents misuse alcohol and drugs.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Time of My Life
£197,335 24/04/2012
24
This project aims to provide a volunteer befriending programme targeted at 350 older people who are suffering from alcohol-abuse in Birmingham. Over 70 older trained volunteers will lead activity groups, provide home and telephone support to older ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 46-69
  • AMANDA LAMB Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired Social Worker
  • ASHI WILLIAMS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director Of People
  • DANIELLE OUM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • DR BHAKTI SETH Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Senior Operational Risk Consultant
  • ELIZABETH HERRIDGE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Transformation
  • MARC ETCHES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • NICHOLAS SHOUGH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Social Worker
  • RICHARD TUNNEY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: University Professor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/09/1992, number: 1014305
  • Registered at Companies House on 27/09/1989, number: 02427100
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

AQUARIUS
236 Bristol Road
BIRMINGHAM
B5 7SL

Objectives

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST: PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM DRUG ABUSE, ALCOHOL MISUSE, GAMBLING ADDICTION OR OTHER BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS; AND THE FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS2. THE PREVENTION OF DRUG ABUSE, ALCOHOL MISUSE, GAMBLING AND OTHER BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS IN THOSE FIELDS3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO THE DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE, ALCOHOL MISUSE, GAMBLING ADDICTION AND OTHER BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS; AND4. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, PARTICULARLY DUE TO SUBSTANCE MISUSE OR GAMBLING, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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