Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 13
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

AID BOX COMMUNITY

To provide Support, Supplies, and Sanctuary to Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Bristol and other areas of the United Kingdom by providing free and essential living items and a safe welcome space and signposting to our partner services for practical help in Housing, Legal Advice and Medical Help.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
31/03/24£388£336£52n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£388£295£93n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£331£209£123n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£238£198£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£146£126£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£114£82£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

www.aidboxcommunity.co.uk

Imogen@aidboxcommunity.co.uk

0117 336 8441

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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
AB Charitable Trust£57,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£55,000
Quartet Community Foundation£52,000
DCMS£30,000
CAF£4,886
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Aid Box Community
£22,000 25/01/2024
An unrestricted grant of £22,000 for 3 years (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). Aid Box Community provides a range of services, supplies and activities to refugees and people seeking asylum in Bristol.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Aid Box Community
£4,000 01/12/2023
2
Running costs to deal with an increase in demand, staff costs and to purchase additional essential items.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Aid Box Community
£5,000 16/11/2023
11
Towards funding extra opening hours for ABC’s Hub and Free Shop to provide support, supplies and sanctuary to an increased number of refugees and asylum seekers.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Aid Box Community
£5,000 17/10/2023
11
Towards the running costs of the Community Hub which provides support, supplies and sanctuary to refugees and asylum seekers in and around Bristol.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 24/02/2023
Aid Box Community
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Aid Box Community
£10,000 04/01/2023
Running costs of the Hub project that provides Ukrainian refugees with essential living items, welfare support, signposting, and a welcoming community.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Aid Box Community
£3,000 09/12/2022
Towards running costs of the Hub project to provide refugees and asylum seekers with essential living items, welfare support, signposting and a welcoming community.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Aid Box Community
£20,000 20/01/2022
An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Aid Box Community provides a Welcome Hub and free shop in Bristol for refugees and people seeking asylum to provide displaced people with a safe haven, quality donated living essentials, emotional and practical ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 12/11/2021
Aid Box Community - Providing Supplies, Support and Sanctuary to Refugees in Bristol
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Aid Box Community
£10,000 27/07/2021
5
Including service users in delivering services and developing communications. To include service users working alongside volunteers, and towards producing a short film about the organisation and the people they support.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Aid Box Community
£15,000 21/01/2021
An unrestricted grant of £15,000. Aid Box Community provides support, supplies and sanctuary to vulnerable refugees and people seeking asylum in Bristol.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Aid Box Community
£10,000 20/10/2020
To enable two new projects to alleviate isolation, loneliness and hardship, and to finance a new staff position to maximise our fund-raising capacity.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£30,000 29/07/2020
"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
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 05/06/2020
Aid Box Community - Providing Help and Hope to Refugees in Bristol
CAF - Grant to Aid Box Community
£4,886 07/05/2020
3
Grant to Aid Box Community to support the organisation through COVID19
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Aid Box Community
£5,000 23/03/2020
12
To purchase non perishable food and essential living and baby items for distribution to self isolating destitute refugees and asylum seekers in Bristol.
Quartet Community Foundation - Connecting with Refugees and Asylum Seekers
£4,000 10/01/2019
11
An additional weekly support session for refugee and asylum seeker women and for training volunteers.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Community Hub
£9,960 17/01/2018
12
The funding will be used to provide a support service for refugees and asylum seekers, supporting them with essentials such as clothes, in order to improve their quality of life.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

  • CLARE RACHEL MCKEOWN Appointed: 2022
  • GILLIAN NINEHAM Appointed: 2018
  • IRENE ELIZABETH ZIKUSOKA Appointed: 2020
  • JOANNA KILLICK Appointed: 2024
  • LUCY CHARLOTTE MIDDELBOE Appointed: 2024
  • MARIIA BURLAKA Appointed: 2024
  • PATRICIA OMOHAKPOR OGRI Appointed: 2024
  • RICHARD HUGH ANNANDALE (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • SHELLY ANN DEONARINE Appointed: 2024
  • THOMAS WILLIAM FALLOWS Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/04/2017, number: 1172697
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 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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

Aid Box Community
174 Cheltenham Road
BRISTOL
BS6 5RE

Objectives

The relief of financial hardship, and assistance of, refugees, asylum seekers and their dependents in the UK by providing free essential living items, emergency support, opportunities for community engagement, recreation, preparation for employment and access to other necessary support services. Working with other organisations to enhance the positive impact of services supporting refugees and people seeking asylum.Undertaking such other charitable purposes for the public benefit and for the benefit of those seeking asylum, and for those granted refugee status, and their dependants as the trustees shall determine.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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