Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 11
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

BODY AND SOUL 

Body & Soul is a pioneering UK charity delivering a proven transformational programme for people of all ages who have experienced childhood adversity, including those affected by family disruption, suicidal behaviour and HIV.
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Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age
Established: 27 years
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22*£1,471£1,458£13£130£743£6545.426250
31/12/21£1,496£1,326£170£137£730£5374.922250
31/12/20£1,416£1,330£86£148£560£4053.723250
31/12/19£1,418£1,641£-224£81£474£3082.325280
31/12/18£1,482£1,539£-57£80£698£5053.923280
31/12/17£1,557£1,483£74£76£755£4984230
31/12/16£1,284£1,459£-175£6£681£4203.5210
31/12/15£1,240£1,228£12£29£856£5105150
31/12/14£1,294£1,276£17£16£844£5124.8160
31/12/13£1,265£1,385£-121£196£826£5084.4160
31/12/12£1,051£1,214£-163£122£947£6066130
31/12/11£1,043£1,361£-319£166£1,110£7276.4130
31/12/10£1,063£1,184£-121£191£1,429£9819.9120
31/12/09£1,327£933£394£148£1,549£98512.790
31/12/08£634£871£-237£154£1,156£6799.490
31/12/07£1,176£658£518£122£1,393£94717.360
31/12/06*£344£549£-205£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£295£310£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04*£826£311£516£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 11%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 5.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 6.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 26 employees
  • 250 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£423,007
Mercer's Charitable Foundation£273,966
Henry Smith Charity£258,100
Prudence Trust£256,537
Comic Relief£192,006
Greater London Authority£148,298
Cripplegate Foundation£93,613
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£92,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Body and Soul
£273,966 01/04/2023
Delivery of You Are Not Alone (YANA) suicide prevention programme for young people most at risk of suicide.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Responding to the mental health crisis of young people
£2,500 18/01/2023
Body & Soul supports children, young people, and families whose lives have been impacted by childhood adversity and trauma. Funding will go towards core support and their work with young people. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Refreshing our Centre of Excellence
£9,950 29/09/2022
The funding will be used to purchase new furniture and kitchen equipment for the centre which provides therapeutic support to people who have experienced significant trauma. The project aims to ....more
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Body & Soul
£45,800 08/06/2022
Refurbishment to create therapeutic space providing mental health support to individuals affected by trauma
Prudence Trust - More Places to Go 2022 - Body & Soul
£256,537 26/05/2022
Our grant supports MindSET- an online, livestreamed, psychotherapy support service including user generated videos for young people struggling with depression and anxiety.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Body & Soul
£118,800 07/04/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing group and individual therapeutic support for young people, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and struggling with mental health and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - You Are Not Alone
£330,112 31/03/2022
The project is using funding to deliver and expand its existing suicide prevention and wellbeing programmes to young people aged between 18 and 30. The aim is to transform the life-threatening ....more
Innox Foundation - Grant to Body and Soul
£50,000 25/11/2021
Unrestricted funding for Body and Soul
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Body and Soul
£50,000 19/10/2021
WAWY and YANA
Sport England - TGC CF Get Your Move On
£8,040 16/08/2021
12
This project will provide a summer bootcamp for women and girls aged 16-30. 12 monthly events will be delivered, each consisting of 3 workshops, including: martial arts, dance, boxing, yoga, ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 28/04/2021
Body & Soul supports children, young people, and families whose lives have been affected by childhood adversity and trauma. It uses a ‘whole person’ model of care rooted in a strengths-based ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Body & Soul
£9,020 01/12/2020
14
This funding is for our members most urgent needs. It will enable Body & Soul to buy and deliver food, medication, and other essential supplies to our most vulnerable families living with HIV in ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Body & Soul
£24,327 30/11/2020
This project will support children and young people living with or affected by HIV and disproportionally affected by covid-19. The online activities and mentoring will support positive relationships ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Body & Soul
£46,190 22/09/2020
…boosting the capacity of our HIV Programme’s Team to manage increased demand for our casework and advocacy services and to provide increased access to one-to-one and group-based mental ....more
Comic Relief - Strengthening Foundations
£40,000 23/06/2020
6
COVID19 Recovery funding
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Body & Soul
£4,974 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will fund medical and food supplies for vulnerable young people who are adversely impacted by the social distancing measures due to Covid-19. Young people will be supported to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - B&S Covid 19 request
£72,945 26/05/2020
6
The funding will be used to ensure that vulnerable young people accessing Body and Soul’s HIV groups Post-Adoption Support and suicide prevention programmes continue to be supported during Covid ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Body & Soul
£139,300 07/05/2020
36
towards three years' running costs of a project to provide a suicide prevention programme for young people in London
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Body & Soul
£4,200 15/04/2020
Our members’ most urgent needs, enabling Body & Soul to buy and courier food, medication, and other essential supplies to our most vulnerable members living with HIV who live alone, with no ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 09/04/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 13/03/2020
"You Are Not Alone"
Greater London Authority - Body & Soul
£148,298 01/01/2020
Positive activities for young people involved in crime or at risk of crime or exclusion
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Transforming Trauma with Love
£50,000 03/12/2019
24
Core funding to support the organisation to provide therapeutic one to one and group support to children, young people and families impacted by childhood adversity and trauma.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Body and Soul
£43,613 25/11/2019
"You Are Not Alone" (YANA)
Comic Relief - Strengthening Foundations
£152,006 06/11/2019
36
HIV+ parents/pregnant women face a range of contextual challenges, including trauma, deprivation, isolation and stigma – which are compounded by the stress and anxiety of having a child. Infants ....more
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Body & Soul
£57,000 16/09/2019
36
Towards ‘You Are Not Alone’ - a Graduate Group that will provide ongoing support for young people/adults aged 16-30 who have attempted suicide.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Body & Soul
£60,000 25/07/2019
24
£60,000 over two further and final years (2 x £30,000) to support the costs of casework and advocacy services for Londoners living with HIV, providing advice and support on housing, benefits, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - "Sustainable Communities"
£10,000 27/06/2019
12
The project aims to improve the services offered to people who use the community centre, by purchasing new equipment.
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£20,774 01/04/2019
Expansion project based in Haringey, Camden and Hackney, Greater London to deliver a project in 3 parts: dialectic therapy skills group, trauma yoga sessions and weekly creative spaces. The ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Body & Soul
£29,640 15/03/2019
36
This project provides arts-based activities, discussion groups and workshops for adopted children. Young people will experience an increased ability to share emotions with others, implement positive ....more
Comic Relief - Sustainability Fund 2
£29,000 13/02/2019
3
You will fund an analyst to develop a comprehensive and scalable costing of all the support Body & Soul provides, and thereby a robust proof-of-concept and justification of our model. By ....more
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Body and Soul
£14,000 31/01/2019
Programme of YANA DBT Group Sessions
DCMS - Building Connections Fund
£20,774 02/01/2019
Expansion project based in Haringey, Camden and Hackney, Greater London to deliver a project in 3 parts: dialectic therapy skills group, trauma yoga sessions and weekly creative spaces. The ....more
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£149,778 01/01/2019
Transforming Adversity will work with young people aged 10-21 living across London who are living with or affected by HIV. This group is usually at high risk of exclusion or involvement in criminal ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - 'You Are Not Alone'
£52,878 26/11/2018
35
'You Are Not Alone'
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Body and Soul
£6,000 17/07/2018
Towards the costs of Young Catalyst
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 13/06/2018
Transforming Adversity, Realising Aspirations
National Lottery Community Fund - Transformational Therapies
£10,000 07/03/2018
12
This project will refurbish the charity’s therapy rooms to create a safe and relaxing space, which is fit for purpose.
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Body and Soul
£48,670 25/01/2018
You Are Not Alone
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Body & Soul
£112,322 17/10/2017
36
The project will offer 1:1 interventions play/art/music therapies and educational support to children and young people aged 0-12 years old affected by HIV. This will increase their emotional well ....more
London Catalyst - Body and Soul - 9
£4,000 05/09/2017
Foundations for the Future
Comic Relief - British Airways voting initiative 2017 - Body and Soul
£20,000 19/07/2017
12
Body & Soul is at the forefront of providing innovative services for vulnerable young people who are affected by HIV. Young people living with HIV are very likely to have endured complex and ....more
Comic Relief - Transforming Adversity'
£225,000 19/07/2017
36
Body and Soul have been leading the way on intensive, community-based support for people affected by HIV, attempted suicide and adoption from their London hub.This funding provides core costs towards ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Foundations of Happiness
£10,000 07/12/2016
12
This project will use the funding to replace the flooring on the ground floor of their building. This will address health and safety concerns posed by the existing floor and ensure the building is ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Strengthening Foundations
£342,852 10/08/2016
36
Continuation of an existing project for children, teenagers, adults and families living with and affected by HIV. It aims to counteract the devastation of an HIV+ diagnosis with strategies to reduce ....more
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Body and Soul
£6,000 06/06/2016
Towards the costs of Young Catalyst
National Lottery Community Fund - Project Forward
£317,595 18/05/2016
35
A bespoke programme of support to young people living with an HIV positive diagnosis aged between 18-30 years old and living in and around the London boroughs of Newham, Hackney and Croydon. They ....more
Cripplegate Foundation - Grant To Body and Soul
£31,760 23/03/2016
Towards the costs of the Foundations of Happiness project
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Body & Soul
£86,500 26/11/2015
36
£86,500 over three years (£28,000; £28,800; £29,700) for a Head of Casework and Advocacy, overseeing the delivery of Body & Soul’s Practical Support programme.
Nesta - AC00436
£83,388 27/11/2014
Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund programme grant to Body & Soul Grant Ref AC00436
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Body & Soul
£50,000 08/05/2013
To Live and Be Loved: 30 years of lived experience of HIV in the UK
National Lottery Community Fund - Foundations of Happiness
£303,376 17/04/2013
36
This new project by Body and Soul aims to substantially improve the mental health and emotional wellbeing of people living with and affected by HIV through the direct provision of a comprehensive ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - The Garden - Income Generation
£80,000 15/05/2012
36
Building on three years' ground work, Body & Soul is seeking to generate unrestricted income through delivering youth-led training and building hire.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 34-76
  • DEBORAH BEE (Chair) Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Editor In Chief
  • JANE DUTTON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Consultant Systemic Psychotherapist
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/01/1997, number: 1060062
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/09/1996, number: 03245543
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 17 days late, AR06: 26 days late, AR04: 106 days late,
Main office

ST. IVES HOUSE
99-119 ROSEBERY AVENUE
LONDON
EC1R 4RE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE: A) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV), BY THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO THEM, THEIR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, PARTNERS AND CARERS; B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ALL MATTERS WHICH ARE RELATED TO, OR THOUGHT TO BE RELATED TO, HIV; C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WHO MAY EXPERIENCE, WHO ARE EXPERIENCING OR WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA; D) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE; E) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO TRAUMA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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