Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

INSPIRE SUFFOLK LTD

Promote and assist in advancing education. Promote or assist in promoting community participation in health recreation. Provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation leisure time.provide opportunities for the less advantaged and less able to take part in physical activities, sport and educational activitiesPromote any other purpose that is charitable in English law.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually 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 and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end but this has been generated by an income surplus in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£3,309£1,502£1,808£84£2,420£1,93615.55310
31/12/22£1,305£1,316£-10£70£613£5304.84710
31/12/21£1,161£1,105£56£37£623£5345.84010
31/12/20£1,298£1,228£70£24£567£4484.4472
31/12/19£1,553£1,486£67£47£497£37535410
31/12/18£1,344£1,302£42£42£430£3243400
31/12/17£1,284£1,199£86£45£387£2512.5350
31/12/16£995£1,071£-77£60£302£1922.2370
31/12/15£934£934£1£45£378£3394.4370
31/12/14£848£713£135£78£377£3576330
31/12/13?*£330£369£-39£84£284£2528.2240
30/06/12£1,231£1,157£74£72£351£2903230
30/06/11£908£926£-18£68£277£2042.6230
30/06/10£896£864£33£48£295£1882.6230
30/06/09£802£773£29£50£263£1161.8220
30/06/08£925£751£174£68£233£1101.8160
30/06/07£796£727£69£63£60£00140
30/06/06£674£711£-37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/05£620£593£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 27%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 80%
Reserves/Spending: 15.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 21 years

www.inspiresuffolk.org.uk

info@inspiresuffolk.org.uk

01473353190

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other education support
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Sport England£57,958
DCMS£48,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
Suffolk Community Foundation£20,232
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£30,000 30/11/2023
24
Inspire Wellbeing Service for Young People
Essex Community Foundation - Inspire Suffolk LTD
£5,000 10/08/2023
to help with the cost of running a counselling service for young people from North Essex facing mental health difficulties
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - Summer Youth Engagement
£9,480 28/07/2023
The funding will be used to take their mobile youth unit into the community to offer informal youth work activities and also open up their venue in evening to offer sports activities and more youth work activities to young people aged 11-18 and up ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 22/04/2022
Inspire Wellbeing Service for Young People
National Lottery Community Fund - Inspire Wellbeing Service for Young People
£10,000 15/10/2021
The funding will help provide counselling to young people aged 10-25 across Suffolk South Norfolk and North Essex. Service users will receive therapy weekly which will provide young people with the knowledge tools and coping strategies to deal with ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Wellbeing Helpline
£5,232 16/10/2020
3
To provide a wellbeing telephone support service to vulnerable young people for their mental health during the Covid 19 lock down.
Sport England - Euro 2020 Legacy Project
£9,958 25/09/2020
15
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Euro 2020 Legacy Project. This project is a Association Football project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Ipswich Team Program - Residential Phase
£5,000 25/09/2020
14
To support the residential phase of the Ipswich Team Programme.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Inspire Suffolk - Core Support
£5,000 21/08/2020
3
Towards core running costs for Inspire Suffolk, helping vulnerable young people during and post Covid 19.
Sport England - Installation of MUGA and Floodlights
£3,000 20/08/2020
14
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Installation of MUGA and Floodlights. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Installation of MUGA and Floodlights
£3,000 20/08/2020
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Installation of MUGA. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Young People's CV-19 Mental Health Support
£5,000 08/05/2020
2
To provide a wellbeing telephone support service to vulnerable young people for their mental health during the Covid 19 lock down.
Sport England - Installation of MUGA
£45,000 28/11/2019
14
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Installation of MUGA. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
DCMS - ALB-Sport England-Installation of MUGA
£45,000 28/11/2019
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Installation of MUGA and Floodlights. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on participants under 27 years.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Inspire Suffolk
£25,000 22/05/2019
purchase of computers for a charity which works with disadvantaged young people in Suffolk
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£93,746 01/04/2019
.
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£93,746 01/04/2019
.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Colville House Youth Club
£14,289 14/03/2019
11
Towards continuing the Colville House youth club
National Lottery Community Fund - Lowestoft Drop-in Centre
£9,988 20/12/2018
12
The organisation will use the funding to run employment support services for young adults. The project aims to increase skills and employability.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Step Up
£20,000 22/05/2018
12
Grant to Inspire Suffolk
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£4,500 21/02/2018
Personal development, education, employability and life skills training for vulnerable young people at risk of social isolation.
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£93,746 15/05/2017
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DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£93,746 15/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of the open access youth provision, through a £1m ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£93,746 15/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of the open access youth provision, through a £1m ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£70,310 15/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of the open access youth provision, through a £1m ....more
DCMS - Youth Investment Fund
£70,310 15/05/2017
The Youth Investment Fund aims to expand, create and strengthen the sustainability of open-access youth services in six disadvantaged regions in the country. It will also expand the evidence base of the open access youth provision, through a £1m ....more
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Inspire Suffolk
£20,000 03/03/2017
Inspire Suffolk’s pilot ‘Equip’ & ‘Get Started in… ‘ project
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Inspire Suffolk Ltd
£46,200 08/09/2016
24
towards two years' running costs of 'Health Kicks', a project providing regular team based physical activity to mental health service users in Suffolk
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 29-75
  • ALAN WHITTAKER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Former Prinicpal Of Sixth Form College
  • DEREK WILLIAM BOWDEN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • HARRIET JOHNSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Trainee Grain Buyer
  • JULIAN HERBERT Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • JAMES BUCKLE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • JENNA ACKERLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Managing Director
  • JULIE SHURROCK Appointed: 2022
  • NIGEL SMITH Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • NYMONE DA COSTA JONES Appointed: 2022
  • SALLY ANN WESTWOOD Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Secretary
  • TERRY HUNT (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/01/2004, number: 1101519
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/08/2003, number: 04881803
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • 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
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR13: 159 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from COLVILLE HOUSE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED on 01/12/2019
  • Asset transfer in from THE PORCH PROJECT on 03/07/2024
Main office

INSPIRE SUFFOLK
LINDBERGH ROAD
IPSWICH
IP3 9QX

Objectives

TO ADVANCE AND ASSIST IN ADVANCING EDUCATION; TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN PROMOTING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION; TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE FOR THOM THE FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND DISABILITY AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH; AND TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER PURPOSE WHICH IS CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS, IN PARTICULAR UK, NORWAY AND HOLLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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