BODY POSITIVE DORSET

Registered charity 900089 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BODY POSITIVE BOURNEMOUTH

Support for all people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS

Objects

1. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND SUPPORT OF PERSONS WHO ARE DIAGNOSED WITH HIV INFECTION AND ANY APPARENTLY RELATED, SIMILAR OR CONSEQUENT DISEASE OR CONDITION WITHIN THE COUNTY OF DORSET OR SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE GIVING OF GENERAL ADVICE, INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE TO THOSE PERSONS INFECTED OR AFFECTED BY THE HIV VIRUS.TO MINIMISE THE SPREAD OF HIV INFECTION AND ANY APPARENTLY RELATED SIMILAR OR CONSEQUENT DISEASE OR CONDITION BY THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (INCLUDING PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV INFECTION) IN THE ROUTES OF TRANSMISSION OF HIV INFECTION AND IN THE PREVENTION OF INFECTION.TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WITH HIV INFECTION AND IN THE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HIV INFECTION AND ANY APPARENTLY RELATED SIMILAR OR CONSEQUENT DISEASES OR CONDITION.THE SUPPORT OF OTHER CHARITIES IN FURTHERING THE SAID OBJECTS OR ANY OF THEM.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a loss for the year of £42,526.78, resulting in unrestricted reserves decreasing from £261,992.16 to £219,465.38. Per the balance sheet, the charity holds £210,131.25 in cash at bank, providing significant liquidity against its net assets of £219,465.38.

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
• Investing charity funds 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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHARLIE HALL
• Philip James William Auld
• ROBERT JARDINE
• Trish Mclennan

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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