AIM

Registered charity 1190930 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE AIM PROJECT

To advance the education of professionals, in the UK and internationally, who are assessing and working with children and young people with harmful sexual behaviours and with their families, through the provision of models, guidance, training and consultancy.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONS, PRIMARILY IN THE UK, BUT ALSO INTERNATIONALLY, WHO ARE ASSESSING AND WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO SEXUALLY ABUSE AND THEIR FAMILIES, BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION AND TRAINING, TO SUPPORT THE PROFESSIONAL PERSONS IN DEVELOPING THE CHILD OR YOUNG PERSON’S PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPROVED FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE RISKS THEY POSE TO OTHERS.

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

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Registered contact address: Stockport, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £735,668, exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of £250,000 (equivalent to six months of expenditure). The charity reported a net incoming resource of £118,104 for the year, resulting in a satisfactory financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its 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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~17.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/10/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Julie Postlethwaitechair
• Dr Sanjit Saraw
• Dr Taljinder Basra
• Lisa Shaw
• Robin Jordan
• Samuel Kenneth Leicester

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

Operates in: Australia · Estonia · France · Ireland · New Zealand · Northern Ireland · Norway · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AIDS CARE EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

• AIDS CARE EDUCATION AND TRAINING income £539k
• AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group income £4.2m
• MAKING A DIFFERENCE income £30k
• CHILDREN'S EARLY INTERVENTION TRUST income £53k
• INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOSEXUAL MEDICINE income £183k
• RESPECTED income £52k

Side by side with its peers

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