Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 1
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

ASPIRE POWERCHAIR SPORTS CLUB 

Aspire Powerchair Sports Club was established in 2002. It was set-up to enable young people who use powered wheelchairs the opportunity to play football.Aspire Powerchair Sports Club provide sporting opportunities through powerchair football. There are opportunities at every level from recreational right to the top.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£31£15£15n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/22£10£14£-4n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/03/21£10£13£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£16£20£-4n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19*£54£56£-2n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/18£9£11£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£24£36£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£14£9£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£29£24£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£20£19£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13?£19£11£8£0£0£0n/a00
01/03/12£2£6£-4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 13 years

www.aspirepowerchairsportsclub.org

chairman@aspirepowerchairsportsclub.org

01923680261

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barnet, Brent, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Harrow, Hertfordshire, Hillingdon, Milton Keynes,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 3 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Hertfordshire Community Foundation - LETS KEEP ROLLING
£1,000 07/10/2021
Grant to Aspire PowerChair Sports Club
National Lottery Community Fund - Aspiring Powerchairs
£10,000 26/04/2018
12
The organisation will use the funding to purchase powerchairs to help create new powerchair football teams and continue to provide activities for people with disabilities.
Sport England - Aspire powerchair football - get equipped
£10,000 19/03/2014
Funding under Sport England's Get Equipped funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Aspire powerchair football - get equipped'. This project is a Association Football project, with a focus on ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/08/2011, number: 1143538
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR23: 31 days late, AR19: 24 days late,
Main office

9 Roundhouse Drive
Perry
HUNTINGDON
Cambridgeshire
PE28 0DJ

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF DISABLED PERSONS BY ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING THEM IN POWERCHAIR FOOTBALL AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF TRAINING FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THIS PURPOSE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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