ARMS AROUND THE CHILD(UK)

Charity number: 1123038
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Arms Around The Child is dedicated to children living in adversity, providing homes, medical care & treatment, education, protection, respect, love & support services to children who are orphaned, sexually abused, affected by HIV/AIDS, abandoned, trafficked or living in parentless households in Ghana, SA & India. We support Fund A Mom & offer Volunteer programmes through Vocational Impact.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 12 December 2023

Total income: £213,004
Total expenditure: £205,738

People

6 Trustee(s)

15 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Accommodation/housing
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Ghana
  • India
  • South Africa

Governance

Registration history:
  • 03 March 2008: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
FRANK RUNGE Chair 11 October 2013
None on record
JANET ELLIE MILNER Trustee 08 March 2019
None on record
Roselyn Cason Marcus Trustee 28 February 2015
None on record
Helen O'Brien Trustee 25 July 2014
None on record
MERVYN LYN Trustee 28 March 2012
None on record
KIRAN SHARMA Trustee 23 March 2012
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 12/12/2019 12/12/2020 12/12/2021 12/12/2022 12/12/2023
Total gross income £220.08k £114.41k £151.05k £175.64k £213.00k
Total expenditure £192.76k £100.58k £143.11k £188.08k £205.74k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 12 December 2023 27 June 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 12 December 2023 27 June 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 12 December 2022 05 July 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 12 December 2022 05 July 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 12 December 2021 15 June 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 12 December 2021 15 June 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 12 December 2020 07 May 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 12 December 2020 07 May 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 12 December 2019 12 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 12 December 2019 12 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 28/02/2008 AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 30/12/2011

Charitable objects

1. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE INFECTED WITH HIV/AIDS RESIDING IN AFRICA BY PROMOTING ANTI-RETRO VIRAL'S AND THE SURROUNDING SOCIAL AND MEDICAL CARE TO SUPPORT THE TREATMENT. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF HIV/AIDS THROUGH TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN HIV/AIDS CARE AND TREATMENT. 3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF THE AIDS PANDEMIC THROUGH GLOBAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNING TO CONTINUALLY ENGAGE THE PUBLIC ON THE AIDS EMERGENCY AND THE NEED FOR ACCESS TO ARV TREATMENT AND TO TRANSLATE THAT ENGAGEMENT INTO DIRECT ACTION.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

SOUTH AFRICA, KENYA, MALI, INDIA, UGANDA, RWANDA AND ZIMBABWE

Contact information

Address:
93
Festing Grove
Southsea
Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Hants
Phone:
07801292553
Email:
info@armsaroundthechild.org
Website:

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