BODY POSITIVE CHESHIRE AND NORTH WALES

Registered charity 1009850 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BPCNW, CHESHIRE AND NORTH WALES BODY POSITIVE GROUP

Social Care services:Support, information and advice for people living with or affected by HIV & AIDS. Welfare and benefits advice, housing and legal information.Prevention & Health Promotion:Training and information for professionals regarding sexual health and sexuality. Condom and lube provision, peer support groups for LGBT people. Sexual health screening, training for local community.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£275k
Latest spending
£206k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £114,865, which is below the charity's stated policy target of six months' operating costs. Despite this, the trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months operating costs based on 50% of the total expenditure in the preceding financial year (held: £115k)
The reserves policy confirms that the unrestricted reserves for Body Positive should be equal to six months operating costs based on 50% of the total expenditure in the preceding financial year — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Conwy · Denbighshire · Flintshire · Gwynedd · Halton · Isle Of Anglesey · Wrexham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£275k£206k
31/03/2024£214k£243k
31/03/2023£275k£262k
31/03/2022£245k£289k
31/03/2021£235k£273k

Common questions

Is BODY POSITIVE CHESHIRE AND NORTH WALES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £114,865, which is below the charity's stated policy target of six months' operating costs. Despite this, the trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England23/07/2025£13kSilver Rainbows Network
Postcode Lottery29/10/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/07/2024£249k"From Prejudice to Prides"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/10/2019£47k"From Prejudice to Pride - the later years"
The National Lottery Community Fund24/07/2019£9kLGBT+ Social Support
UK government01/04/2019£49kBody Positive Cheshire and North Wales
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/08/2017£44k"Celebrating Cheshire's LGBT History"
The National Lottery Community Fund01/02/2007£318kHIV Social Care for North Wales
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2005£5kDrop in centre

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with POSITIVE EAST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BODY POSITIVE CHESHIRE AND NORTH WALES£275k0unclearno doubt
POSITIVE EAST FY2025£1.9m0aboveno doubt
EMBRACE UK COMMUNITY SUPPORT CENTRE FY2025£1.5m£70,001 - £80,0001unclearno doubt
SAVING LIVES FY2024£401kUnder £60,0000unclearno doubt
NATIONAL AIDS TRUST FY2024£1.1munclearno doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE CHESHIRE WEST FY2025£1.8m0aboveno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.