Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 11
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

ASPIRE ( ASSOCIATION FOR SPINAL INJURY RESEARCH REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION )

Aspire works with people with a spinal cord injury to create opportunity, choice and independence. We aim to support people to lead a fulfilled and independent life from the moment of their injury throughout their life. We are also committed to research in the field of technology to find cost effective solutions to improve the quality of disabled people's lives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

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
31/03/23£3,585£3,671£-86£546£2,002£1,3784.510725
31/03/22£3,428£3,472£-44£479£1,112£4561.69240
31/03/21£3,402£2,857£545£277£1,581£7653.28940
31/03/20£3,618£3,785£-167£681£1,486£5521.810928
31/03/19£3,257£4,116£-859£796£1,751£4971.411830
31/03/18£4,127£3,985£142£857£2,549£7142.21050
31/03/17£3,945£3,886£59£876£2,436£96131000
31/03/16*£3,593£4,230£-636£1,042£2,245£6541.9970
31/03/15£3,292£3,547£-255£726£2,791£5701.9990
31/03/14£2,797£3,277£-480£591£2,938£4751.7920
31/03/13*£4,552£3,241£1,311£613£3,340£6072.2920
31/03/12£2,641£2,659£-18£574£1,788£5182.3760
31/03/11£2,435£2,547£-112£555£1,937£6273770
31/03/10£2,294£2,200£94£522£1,933£7804.3780
31/03/09£2,139£2,241£-102£533£1,812£7213.9800
31/03/08£1,984£2,020£-36£530£1,935£7644.5780
31/03/07£1,792£1,995£-203£495£1,982£7834.7770
31/03/06*£2,550£1,855£695n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£1,738£1,751£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£1,508£1,685£-177n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 20.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 14.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 27%
Liabilities/Income: 20%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 69%
Reserves/Spending: 4.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 26 years

www.aspire.org.uk

info@aspire.org.uk

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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£469,875
National Lottery Community Fund£296,563
City Bridge Trust£128,000
DCMS£50,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
WCIT Charity - Grant to Aspire
£11,500 23/05/2024
12
Funding for a hospital-based assistive technology service to help people with spinal cord injuries gain independence.
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Aspire
£2,500 15/03/2024
Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Refurbishment of the Changing Rooms at Aspire Leisure Centre
£32,150 30/08/2023
towards refurbishment of the male and female gym changing rooms at Aspire Leisure Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - The Aspire Independent Living Service
£7,120 10/02/2023
Aspire is using a £7120 grant to support people who have experienced a Spinal Cord Injury from across Northern Ireland. The project will help people to adjust to daily life with their injury by providing information advice and signposting to ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Aspire
£128,000 21/07/2022
60
£128,000 over 5 years (£25,360, £24,390, £25,960, £25,350, £26,940) to cover the London costs, including staffing, training, and telephone, of Aspire’s Welfare and Benefits Advice Service. The recommendation includes a contribution of ....more
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Aspire
£2,500 07/07/2022
Core costs for Disability Support & Activities
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Aspire
£2,500 07/07/2022
Core costs for Disability Support & Activities
National Lottery Community Fund - The Aspire Patient Education Programme for people with spinal cord injuries
£9,840 14/06/2022
This project will continue to provide information and support to people living across Scotland who attend the spinal injuries unit at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
National Lottery Community Fund - Injury to Independence - support for spinal cord injured people
£239,653 25/02/2022
The project is using funding to provide early and increased support for people with spinal cord injuries (SCI’s). The project will support people to become as independent as possible through employing a dedicated specialist Independent Living ....more
Sport England - Sector Renewal Fund: Employability
£269,800 05/01/2022
This project will improve the accessibility and inclusivity of the fitness industry, specifically to enable more disabled people to use facilities and also enable more disabled people to work in the fitness industry.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£10,000 24/12/2021
24
Aspire Welfare Benefits Advice
National Lottery Community Fund - Aspire's Independent Living Service (Northern Ireland)
£10,000 16/11/2021
Aspire is using a £10000 grant to support people affected by spinal cord injuries from across Northern Ireland. The project will support people to adjust to their injury and help them with accessible housing personal care employment opportunities ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Aspire - 20/10/21
£1,500 10/11/2021
Core Funding
National Lottery Community Fund - Assistive Technology at Aspire
£10,000 15/10/2021
The funding will be used to fund the part-time post of Assistive Technologist to provide advice and support to people with spinal cord injuries (SCI). The project aims to provide dedicated support to people with SCI to help them use technology to ....more
Sport England - COVID-19 CLRF
£53,600 29/06/2021
5
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Leisure Recovery Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CLRF. This project lists its main activity as Sport and Physical Activity
The Grocers' Charity - 2021 - Aspire
£5,000 02/06/2021
Towards project costs to provide specialist technology and rehabilitation for a young man with an acquired spinal injury so he can live as independently as possible.
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£9,825 05/05/2021
5
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Sport England - InstructAbility Phase 2
£25,330 30/03/2021
Funding under Sport England's Inclusive Sport funding programme for a Revenue project titled InstructAbility Phase 2. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Sport England - InstructAbility Phase 2
£25,330 14/12/2020
Funding under Sport England's Inclusive Sport funding programme for a Revenue project titled InstructAbility Phase 2. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£50,000 05/10/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 10/07/2020
Aspire Welfare Benefits Programme
National Lottery Community Fund - Aspire Patient Education and Skills Resources project
£9,950 18/06/2020
10
This group will use the funding to provide information and support to people currently in the spinal injuries unit at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
Sport England - InstructAbility Phase 2
£50,660 02/06/2020
56
Funding under Sport England's Inclusive Sport funding programme for a Revenue project titled InstructAbility Phase 2. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£10,000 02/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity building
National Lottery Community Fund - Aspire Independent Living Northern Ireland
£10,000 29/05/2020
11
Aspire is using a £10000 grant to remotely deliver their Independent Living Service (ILS) for patients at the Spinal Cord Injuries Unit in Musgrave Park Hospital Belfast. The ILS advisor supports people across Northern Ireland who have a spinal ....more
Sport England - InstructAbility Phase 2
£25,330 07/01/2020
56
Funding under Sport England's Inclusive Sport funding programme for a Revenue project titled InstructAbility Phase 2. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Sport England - Healthy lifestyles for Orthodox Jewish teenagers
£8,530 08/05/2019
17
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Healthy lifestyles for Orthodox Jewish teenagers. This project is a Swimming & Diving project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
Sport England - Instructability Best Practice Guidelines
£17,600 15/04/2019
3
Funding under Sport England's National Programme funding programme for a Revenue project titled Instructability Best Practice Guidelines. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 12/12/2017
24
Aspire Welfare Benefit Advice Service
Sport England - InstructAbility Phase 2
£379,744 14/10/2016
24
Funding under Sport England's Inclusive Sport funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'InstructAbility Phase 2'. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Sport England - InstructAbility Phase 2
£379,744 14/10/2016
56
Funding under Sport England's Inclusive Sport funding programme for a Revenue project titled InstructAbility Phase 2. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Aspire
£90,000 11/06/2015
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Aspire Independent Living Programme' which provides help and support to people with spinal cord injuries throughout the UK
Sport England - InstructAbility
£854,530 01/02/2013
Funding under Sport England's Inclusive Sport funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'InstructAbility'. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to ASPIRE
£50,000 28/09/2012
the salary costs of the Housing Manager
National Lottery Community Fund - The Aspire Independent Living Programme
£120,000 12/04/2011
36
This project is to support people with spinal injuries who are recovering in one of the seven specialist spinal injury centres around England. During their time on the ward, the patient will have the opportunity to meet with an Aspire Independent ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Donation
£2,000 16/06/2006
Donation.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-74
  • ANDREW RICHARD CHAPLIN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Charity Executive
  • DR PRADEEP THUMBIKAT Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Medical Consultant
  • HAMISHA MEHTA Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • JEAN-BAPTISTE WAUTIER (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Private Equity
  • JENNIFER LAURA SACKS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Senior Creative Account Manager
  • NICHOLAS FLANAGAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired
  • REBECCA WILMOT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • STEPHEN GARDINER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/04/1999, number: 1075317
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/03/1999, number: 03744357
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
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
20 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR13: 2 days late, AR06: 4 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

Aspire
Aspire National Training Centre
Wood Lane
STANMORE
HA7 4AP

Objectives

[1] TO RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND INJURY BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE WORKS OF THE SPINAL CORD INJURIES UNIT AT THE ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL AND OF SIMILAR UNDERTAKINGS AT OTHER MEDICAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.[2] THE PROMOTIONAL AND FACILITATION OF RESEARCH AND THE FUNDING OF RESEARCH PROJECTS INTO THE CAUSES TREATMENT PREVENTION AND ALLEVIATION OF SPINAL CORD DAMAGE IMPAIRMENT OR DISEASE AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.[3] THE REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY OF PERSONS WITH SPINAL CORD DAMAGE IMPAIRMENT FOR DISEASE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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