HIV charity goes into liquidation

A MANCHESTER charity to help people affected by HIV has been placed into liquidation amid funding pressures.

North West accountancy firm Cowgill Holloway has been appointed at Hulme-based Body Positive North West.

The charity was founded in 1991 and provided support and counselling for people whose lives have been affected by HIV.  It had 11 staff  with a number of volunteers providing extra support.

An announcement on the charity’s website said: “Owing to increasing financial pressures, the board of Body Positive NW has taken the difficult and very sad decision to close the service and to cease operation.

“This decision has been taken following legal and financial advice and is done on a voluntary basis to ensure all creditors will be paid in full and as much funding as possible will be retained to do future work around HIV by a different organisation.”

Cowgill Holoway partner and liquidator Jason Elliott added:“This liquidation is solvent, hence, all creditors will be paid in full and as much funding as possible will be retained to do future work around HIV by a different organisation.

“Unfortunately, Body Positives’ problems were just too intractable to resolve.”