Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 3
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

ASPIRE2

To act as a resource for children and young people living in socially and economically disadvantaged communities in the Reading area, by organising programmes of physical, educational and other activities as a means of:advancing in life and helping young people by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities, advancing education, and providing recreational and leisure time activities
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • This charity appears to be dormant

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
28/02/23£64£45£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/22£36£58£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/21£40£33£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/02/20£77£58£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/19£95£74£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/18£84£84£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/17£59£43£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/02/16£51£61£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/15£48£55£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/14£22£31£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/13£98£64£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/12£47£37£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/11£102£109£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/10*£29£15£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
28/02/09£7£12£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
29/02/08£6£8£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 2 years

www.aspire2whitley.com

manager@aspire2whitley.com

01189375425

Charity Commission for England and Wales
This Charity appears to be dormant
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Secondary schools
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Reading,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Youth Music - Mini Beats - Early Years Music in Whitley
£19,880 22/07/2022
Mini Beats - Early Years Music in Whitley

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CHARLIE CLARE (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • DAVID SHEPHERD Appointed: 2022
  • FRANCES LANCASTER Appointed: 2022
  • JACQUELINE ANN STEELE Appointed: 2022
  • LOUISE HARRIS Appointed: 2022
  • MARTIN SALTER Appointed: 2022
  • MOLLIE CLEAVER Appointed: 2023
  • TALIA ANN HICKEY Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/09/2022, number: 1200410
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR10: 19 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ASPIRE2 on 17/09/2024
Main office

c/o BLAGDON NURSERY SCHOOL
BLAGDON ROAD
READING
RG2 7NT

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN READING AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: A. ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; B. ADVANCING EDUCATION; C. PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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