AIMCOMMUNITY LIMITED

Registered charity 1185928 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AIM ARTS ACADEMY, CREATIVE ME MENTORING, STARFISH MENTORING

Aim Community Ltd provides education, mentoring and creative learning programmes for young people to assist with personal development, life skills, confidence and self esteem. Aim Community specialise in supporting those young people with education, health and care plan needs.

Objects

1) TO ACT AS A RESOURCE PRIMARILY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN ENGLAND BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF CREATIVE, PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.2) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE LEARNING BY PEOPLE NOT IN EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT OR TRAINING THROUGH THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING IN SUBJECTS OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £141,435 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £252,017. This financial decline was significantly impacted by the theft of £32,257.06 by an employee, which diverted resources from core charitable activities. Despite this, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £250,874 and has an independent examiner's report confirming no matters requiring attention were found.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — AIMCommunity (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 01/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Cook
• Clare Belcher
• Jonathan Williams
• Suzanne Jane Burgess
• Toni Dawn Taylor

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Poole

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group.

• AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group income £4.2m
• EDUCATION FOR LIFE income £231k
• THE COMMUNITY HUB income £141k
• NHANCED COMMUNITIES income £182k
• COMMUNITY ORGANISERS LIMITED income £454k
• SUPPORTED COMMUNITY BUSINESS (SPECIAL NEEDS) income £325k

Side by side with its peers

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