THE ASSOCIATION FOR CREATION SPIRITUALITY

Registered charity 1045532 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREENSPIRIT

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Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN AND PROMOTE OR FURTHER THE STUDY OF OR RESEARCH INTO RELIGION PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE BY FOSTERING THE CREATION-CENTERED SPIRITUAL TRADITION IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£31k
Latest spending
£29k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £1,970 for the year, with total income of £30,679 and expenditure of £28,709. Free reserves were held at £35,770, which is above the stated minimum policy target of £10,000. The trustees note that the charity continues to benefit from a legacy donation and is in line with its projected budget.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£31k£29k
31/03/2024£27k£30k
31/03/2023£26k£27k
31/03/2022£20k£24k
31/03/2021£10k£15k

Common questions

Is THE ASSOCIATION FOR CREATION SPIRITUALITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £1,970 for the year, with total income of £30,679 and expenditure of £28,709. Free reserves were held at £35,770, which is above the stated minimum policy target of £10,000. The trustees note that the charity continues to benefit from a legacy donation and is in line with its projected budget. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/01/2011£5kThe Rising Water Project
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2008£5kThe Universe Story Experience
The National Lottery Community Fund22/02/2006£5kUniverse Story in Schools

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST1£13k
WESTHILL ENDOWMENT1£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW CREATION CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ASSOCIATION FOR CREATION SPIRITUALITY£31k—0unclear—no doubt
NEW CREATION CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2025£110k—0below—no doubt
CREATED: CHURCH FY2025£315k—0above—no doubt
THE CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL FY2024£49k—0above—no doubt
NEW CREATIONS FY2025£183k—0unclear—no doubt
CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FY2025£40k—0above12000.0%no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.