Overall GiG Score: 8 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +8

AIK SAATH 

The words Aik Saath mean Together As One in Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu. They also embody the ethos of our charity- we believe in working with young people from all backgrounds for a safer, more cohesive future.Our projects are led by young volunteers aged between 11 and 25. We deliver training, youth activities and heritage/arts projects, involving oral history and spoken word.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 22 years

togetherasone.org.uk

info@togetherasone.org.uk

01753574780

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX

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
31/03/23£361£338£22n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/22£372£273£99n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/21£342£274£68n/an/an/an/an/a76
31/03/20£306£316£-10n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/19£264£284£-20n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/03/18£362£339£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£337£283£54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£296£395£-100£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£371£296£74£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£222£169£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£116£123£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£133£132£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£99£147£-48£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£210£162£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£132£147£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£174£113£61£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£98£99£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£120£97£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£95£89£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£84£87£-3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Who works here?
  • 50 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bracknell Forest, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Slough, Windsor And Maidenhead,

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
The Blagrave Trust£100,400
DCMS£47,290
BBC Children in Need£10,356
National Lottery Community Fund£9,480
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Aik Saath
£10,356 31/01/2022
This project will provide online peer led support for young carers in Slough. The activities will result in reduced isolation, improved well-being and better physical health.
National Lottery Community Fund - Legends of Slough
£9,480 07/01/2022
The funding will be used to deliver interactive workshop-driven exploration of Caribbean culture through oral history music dance poetry and cooking aimed at young people from both Caribbean ....more
The Blagrave Trust - Community cohesion
£90,400 07/08/2021
Youth work with young people in Slough
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£37,350 29/09/2020
"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
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£9,940 13/08/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
The Blagrave Trust - COVID19
£10,000 30/04/2020
Hardship support for young people
The Blagrave Trust - Youth Democracy and Engagement
£120,000 21/11/2017
Support collaboration between leading youth agencies in Slough to promote youth voice
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Aik Saath
£53,200 21/02/2017
Partition - Women's Voices
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Aik Saath
£49,900 12/12/2014
Commemorating the contribution of Polish aircrew during the Second World War
National Lottery Community Fund - Cohesive Adhesive
£191,355 08/11/2011
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To strengthen community cohesion in Slough. Aik Saath has volunteers from a variety of faiths and backgrounds who will deliver programmes in schools and colleges to improve communication and public ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 37-78
  • HALEEMA ALI Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Sales Assistant
  • JAMIE HASSAN Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Inspector Of Schools
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/01/2002, number: 1090077
  • Registered at Companies House on 06/12/2001, number: 04335784
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Aik Saath
29 Church Street
Slough
Berkshire
SL1 1PL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF SLOUGH AND IT'S SURROUNDING AREAS, WITH A VIEW TO THE PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC ORDER THE PROVISION OF SERVICES DIRECTED TOWARDS CONFLICT RESOLUTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS, WHO MAY BECOME OR HAVE BEN INVOLVED IN ACTS OF NUISANCE, VIOLENCE, VANDALISM, RACIAL ABUSE OR BREACH OF THE PEACE. IN DOING SO HELP WITH PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE COMMUNITY OF SLOUGH AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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