Positive Aims

Analysis

Positive Aims is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Taunton. It was registered in April 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Positive Aims reported income of £22k and spending of £24k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £16k to £22k (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 115%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Positive Aims sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cyc Carr County Junior School Fund (£22k), Dr Warneford's Educational Foundation (£22k) and The National Sea Training Trust (£22k).