Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 9

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Narrow trustee age band: -2

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 4

AURORA FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE ABUSED IN CHILDHOOD

Provision of therapeutic services mainly for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, but also for survivors of childhood physical, emotional and psychological abuse. In addition, the charity has developed a particular focus on helping adult survivors of female sexual abuse in childhood.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£91	£103	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/22		£76	£108	£-32	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/21		£138	£87	£51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/20		£101	£86	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/19		£85	£89	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/18	*	£99	£86	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£79	£84	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£84	£75	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£62	£62	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£54	£54	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£55	£69	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£76	£65	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£44	£39	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£28	£47	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£49	£19	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£17	£27	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 17 years

www.aurorafoundation.org.uk

info@aurorafoundation.org.uk

020 8541 1951

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 volunteers

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

City Bridge Trust	£153,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£150,000
The London Community Foundation	£27,600
DCMS	£10,000
The Foyle Foundation	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Aurora Foundation for People Abused in Childhood
£120,000	14/01/2022	£120,000 (£30,000 x 4) over four further and final years for counselling sessions, 2 days p/w contribution to CEO’s salary and contribution to premises and project overheads.
National Lottery Community Fund - Accessible counselling for adult victims of childhood abuse
£150,000	07/06/2021	The group is using funding to provide therapy provision for adults that have experienced abuse during childhood. The funding will enable Aurora to address issues such as loneliness and isolation ....more The group is using funding to provide therapy provision for adults that have experienced abuse during childhood. The funding will enable Aurora to address issues such as loneliness and isolation through their continued counselling but also to develop other wellbeing elements such as workshops classes and social activities. The project aims to make a difference to victims' lives by improving mental health increasing well-being improving family/personal relationships reducing self-harm/suicide risk and reducing problems and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Aurora Foundation for People Abused in Childhood
£20,000	22/12/2020 5	The funding is for premises and to cover additional counselling and supervision costs up to 31 March 2021. 20 women will be supported through the grant with one to one remote counselling sessions.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000	16/09/2020	"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 "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Aurora Foundation for People Abused in Childhood
£7,600	17/07/2020	Additional costs due to COVID-19 lockdown until end of October 2020 as outlined in your application budget.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Aurora Foundation for People Abused in Childhood
£4,600	09/04/2020	A one-off, unrestricted grant of £4,600, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisation’s current grant.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Aurora Foundation for People Abused in Childhood
£28,400	26/03/2020	£28,400 made up of £18,400 over one year towards therapists’ fees, clinical supervision, premises and management costs and £10,000 to develop a robust fundraising plan and develop better links ....more £28,400 made up of £18,400 over one year towards therapists’ fees, clinical supervision, premises and management costs and £10,000 to develop a robust fundraising plan and develop better links with local statutory providers.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000	28/11/2019	towards the counselling and support services offered by Aurora

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 56-64

NATASHA BAIN Appointed: 2022

RICK HENDERSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Ceo

CLAIRE BARCHAM Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Social Worker

JANE STREET Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Psychologist

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/05/2007, number: 1119145
Registered at Companies House on 20/10/2006, number: 05973221

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR23: 30 days late, AR18: 8 days late, AR17: 2 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR12: 22 days late, AR09: 26 days late,

Main office

Welcare House
53-55 Canbury Park Road
KINGSTON UPON THAMES
Surrey
KT2 6LQ

Objectives

The objects of the Charity (the Objects) are (1) the provision of specialised counselling and psychotherapy; therapeutic community support and bodywork therapies to promote preserve and protect good physical and mental health with the emphasis upon recovery exclusively for adult survivors of childhood trauma/abuse be that sexual, physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual and/or other forms of abuse including neglect. To also raise awareness of the negative post-traumatic effects of childhood abuse and campaign for the prevention of childhood abuse in the form of appropriate training and other activities to various stakeholders. (2) Nothing in the articles shall authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.(3) For the purposes of these Articles of Association the Charity’s Area of Benefit is the United Kingdom.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON

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