Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Static board: -3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

POSITIVE AIMS

Positive AIMs offer a quality education and leisure service that can respond to community objectives, enriching and enhancing the lives of local individuals facing daily challenges.
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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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly female
  • 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£27£22£5n/a
31/03/22£13£13£0n/a
31/03/21*£16£12£4n/a
31/03/20*£18£16£3n/a
31/03/19£13£6£7n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

01984633351

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Somerset,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Somerset Community Foundation - Salary and venue costs for group supporting adults with learning disabilities and/or dementia
£1,920 21/07/2022
Contribution to the running costs of a community support group for adults with disabilities or life limiting conditions in West Somerset.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • GERALD HENRY HARGRAVE (Chair) Appointed: 2018
  • HELEN ROBINSON-PEERS Appointed: 2018
  • PAULA CHRISTINE FEVIN Appointed: 2018
  • PENNY GIBBONS Appointed: 2018
  • SHARON ANITA KOPPA Appointed: 2018
  • SHARON JUNE MINTER Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/04/2018, number: 1178129
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Filing Record
5 returns made; AR21: 2 days late, AR20: 7 days late,
Main office

4 Staple Close
West Quantoxhead
TAUNTON
TA4 4DF

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE SOMERSET AREA, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND LIFE-LONG LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, BY PROMOTING, SUSTAINING AND INCREASING INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF SPECIFIC AREAS OF STUDY, SKILLS AND EXPERTISE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO THOSE THAT ARE VULNERABLE DUE TO MENTAL, PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES OR IMPAIRMENTS TO HELP DEVELOP LIFE SKILLS TO ENRICH AND ENHANCE THEIR LIVES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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