ASPIRE CREATING COMMUNITIES

Charity number: 1186846
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Aspire Creating Communities delivers a network weekly of creative community groups across West Yorkshire, to promote social inclusion and mental well-being. Aspire works in partnership with other local community services to support older people experiencing isolation, bereavement, loss of role or mental health difficulties through an Occupational Therapist lead programme of creative activities.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2023

Total income: £113,527
Total expenditure: £114,612

Total income includes £29,460 from 1 government grant(s)

People

6 Trustee(s)

25 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England

Governance

Registration history:
  • 09 December 2019: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Kay Louise Smith Trustee 06 November 2023
None on record
Wendy Norma Garforth Trustee 10 July 2023
None on record
Laura Jane Hodgson Trustee 15 July 2021
None on record
PATRICIA ANN BERRY Trustee 11 December 2019
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, BIRKBY
Received: On time
ANNE KATHRYN BRIER Trustee 11 December 2019
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN, BIRKBY
Received: On time
Karina Jayne Gledhill Trustee 11 December 2019
RIVERTREE TRUST
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/03/2022 31/03/2023
Total gross income £120.20k £139.17k £113.53k
Total expenditure £105.12k £140.12k £114.61k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £64.97k £28.03k £29.46k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2023 13 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 13 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 11 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 11 October 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 08 April 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 08 April 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 09 Dec 2019

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: • TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG OLDER PEOPLE LIVING IN HUDDERSFIELD, KIRKLEES AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITY SESSIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS AND A CONNECTED BEFRIENDING SERVICE AND ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SIGNPOSTING TO OTHER RELEVANT AND APPROPRIATE SERVICES TO ADDRESS LONELINESS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION ARISING AS A RESULT OF THEIR AGE, INFIRMITY, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, YOUTH OR OLD AGE; AND ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL).

Contact information

Address:
Office 2
16 New North Parade
HUDDERSFIELD
HD1 5JP
Phone:
07542771518
Email:
enquiries@aspirecreatingcommunities.org.uk
Website:

Www.aspirecreatingcommunities.org.uk