Aim Up

Analysis

Aim Up is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in September 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04214557). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Aim Up reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.3m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £2.3m (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Aim Up sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Richmond Foundation (£2.3m), Ellen Macarthur Cancer Trust (£2.3m) and The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, donations and legacies 5.5% and trading 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £124k. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 9.8%. Reserves of £264k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 79 people.