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AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group

Registered charity 1103300 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AIM AWARDS, NORTH EAST MIDLANDS OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK (NEMOCN), OCN EAST MIDLANDS REGION

The objects of the charity are to provide an accessible and flexible accreditation service which helps to widen access to education and training for all learners, particularly those who have benefited least in the past from available provision.

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Latest income
£4.2m
Latest spending
£5.0m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of expenditure over income of £698,286 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted reserves from £6,092,397 to £5,394,111. The trustees judge the level of reserves to be strong and have established a financial recovery plan to ensure there are no long-term risks to financial viability. Per the independent auditor's report, the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £100,001 - £110,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“In the band £100,001 - £110,000 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months of total annual expenditure (held: £5.4m)
“AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group has sufficient reserves to fund at a minimum six months of total annual expenditure” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dains Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £590k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£4.2m
Total spending
£5.0m
Cost of raising funds
£14k
Reserves (reported)
£6.1m
Employees
55

Reported reserves equal ~14.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Argentina · Azerbaijan · Bolivia · Bulgaria · Cambodia · China · Colombia · Cyprus · Dubai · Greece · Italy · Kosovo

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£4.2m£5.0m
31/08/2024£4.6m£5.3m
31/08/2023£4.7m£4.7m
31/08/2022£6.2m£3.0m
31/07/2021£2.9m£2.5m

Common questions

Is AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an excess of expenditure over income of £698,286 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted reserves from £6,092,397 to £5,394,111. The trustees judge the level of reserves to be strong and have established a financial recovery plan to ensure there are no long-term risks to financial viability. Per the independent auditor's report, the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dains Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £100,001 - £110,000 band.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
AKO FOUNDATION1£1.3m
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION1£800k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION1£706k
THE DULVERTON TRUST1£153k
THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATION1£127k
KEHAL CHASIDEI WIZNITZ LIMITED1£49k
JEG TRUST LIMITED1£47k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND1£25k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SKILLS AND EDUCATION GROUP AWARDS LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group£4.2m£100,001 - £110,000—unclear—no doubt
SKILLS AND EDUCATION GROUP AWARDS LIMITED FY2025£3.0m—0above—no doubt
Skills and Education Group Access FY2025£749k—0below—noted
THE AIM FOUNDATION FY2025£449k—0unclear—no doubt
AIMCOMMUNITY LIMITED FY2025£583k—0unclear—no doubt
ASCENTIS FY2025£6.5m——within—no doubt

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