Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

AIDS ARK 

To relieve the need among people subject to or affected by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and connected or similar conditions by providing or assisting in the provision of medical treatment and facilities in countries where such treatments are not available.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 22 years

aidsark.org.uk

info@aidsark.org

07968173336

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook

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
31/05/23£43£39£4n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/05/22£31£27£4n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/05/21£32£44£-11n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/05/20£24£58£-34n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/05/19£43£65£-22n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/05/18£41£86£-45£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/17£83£46£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/16£80£103£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/15£56£60£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/14£92£56£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/13£92£79£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/12£54£56£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/11£63£57£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/10£53£68£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/09*£44£54£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/08£38£25£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/07£56£20£36£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/06£36£12£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/05£53£11£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/04£38£7£31£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Burma, Cambodia, India, South Africa, Thailand,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/09/2002, number: 1093966
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR09: 16 days late,
Main office

98 West Heath Road
London
NW3 7TU

Objectives

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) TO RELIEVE NEED AMONGST PEOPLE SUBJECT TO OR AFFECTED BY HUMANIMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) AND CONNECTED CONDITIONS PARTICULARLY BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL TREATMENT AND FACILITIES IN COUNTRIES WHERE SUCH TREATMENT IS NOT OTHERWISE AVAILABLE. (PLEASE SEE COPY OF THE DEED ON FILE FOR DETAILS).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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