ASPIRE CREATING COMMUNITIES

Charity number: 1186846
Removed charity

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 2024

Total income: £130,292
Total expenditure: £110,385

Total income includes £11,960 from 1 government grant(s)

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

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
  • 11 June 2025: Removed (Removed by application)
  • 11 June 2025: Funds transferred to
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
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £120.20k £139.17k £113.53k £130.29k
Total expenditure £105.12k £140.12k £114.61k £110.39k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £64.97k £28.03k £29.46k £11.96k

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 2025 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 Not submitted
Annual return 31 March 2024 21 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 21 January 2025 On time
Annual return 31 March 2023 13 October 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 13 October 2023 On time
Annual return 31 March 2022 11 October 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 11 October 2022 On time
Annual return 31 December 2020 08 April 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 08 April 2021 On time

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).