Aspirations Day Program

Charity number: 1195424
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Aspirations Program offers a range of abstinence-based recovery support services for people affected directly or indirectly by addiction(s). This includes a structured, non-residential, non-religious program led by trauma-informed trained staff, support for family members, specialist support for women who sell sex in a gender-informed environment, and support for young people aged 18-30.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2023

Total income: £307,600
Total expenditure: £264,097

People

5 Trustee(s)

8 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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Accommodation/housing
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Essex
  • Southend-on-sea

Governance

Registration history:
  • 06 August 2021: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • ASPIRATIONS PROGRAM COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY (CIC) (Working name)
  • ASPIRATIONS PROGRAM CIO (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not 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
  • Internal risk management 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

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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
TRACY JANE HARRIS Trustee 18 February 2025
None on record
Louisa Snow Trustee 29 October 2024
None on record
Heather Blackburn Trustee 05 June 2024
None on record
CHRISTINE JACKIE EMERTON Trustee 06 September 2023
None on record
JOHN PHILIP GOSNELL Trustee 26 August 2023
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/05/2022 31/08/2023
Total gross income £156.39k £307.60k
Total expenditure £120.78k £264.10k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A
Income from government grants £23.03k N/A

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 August 2023 16 May 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 16 May 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 May 2022 01 March 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 May 2022 01 March 2023 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 06 Aug 2021 as amended on 31 May 2024

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: THE RELIEF OF NEED AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE IN RECOVERY FROM HARMFUL ADDICTIONS AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES TO FULLY SUPPORT THEM WITH THEIR RECOVERY, AND RE-INTEGRATE WITH SOCIETY. NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Contact information

Address:
573 SOUTHCHURCH ROAD
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA
ESSEX
SS1 2PN
Phone:
01702 463592
Email:
marie@aspirationsprogram.org.uk
Website:

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