Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 9
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

AIM NORTHWEST 

prevention and relief of poverty to the general public by providing advocacy advice and services specific to Domestic Abuse to victims and perpetrators.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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
30/04/23£5,284£4,969£3158
30/04/22£4,087£1,846£2,2419
30/04/21£2,007£619£1,3887
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.aimnorthwest.org.uk

enquiries@aimnorthwest.org.uk

07470396240

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 8 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
DCMS£52,260
Forever Manchester£1,000
CareTech foundation£180
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
CareTech foundation - Match Funding Fund
£180 21/04/2022
Small hardship grant awarded to CareTech Holdings plc staff and those who may recently have left the company who find themselves in significant financial hardship or at serious risk of becoming in ....more
Forever Manchester - Peer Inclusion Network
£1,000 01/12/2021
Venue hire and costs for wellbeing sessions
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support
£52,260 15/11/2021
This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/09/2020, number: 1191333
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

Leigh Spinners Mill
Park Lane
Leigh
WN7 2LA

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM, HAVE SUFFERED OR ARE EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC ABUSE BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE CHARITABLE INCLUDING THE PRESERVATION OF MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF NEED AND THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION CONCERNING DOMESTIC ABUSE.2. TO PROMOTE THE RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS, EX-OFFENDERS AND THOSE AT RISK OF OFFENDING IN ORDER TO REDUCE RATES OF RE-OFFENDING AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CREATION OF SAFER COMMUNITIES, THROUGH, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE PROVISION OF MENTORING, ADVICE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORK EXPERIENCE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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