ASPIRE ( ASSOCIATION FOR SPINAL INJURY RESEARCH REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION )

Registered charity 1075317 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HAREBELL APPEAL

Aspire works with people with a spinal cord injury to create opportunity, choice and independence. We aim to support people to lead a fulfilled and independent life from the moment of their injury throughout their life. We are also committed to research in the field of technology to find cost effective solutions to improve the quality of disabled people's lives.

Objects

[1] TO RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND INJURY BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE WORKS OF THE SPINAL CORD INJURIES UNIT AT THE ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL AND OF SIMILAR UNDERTAKINGS AT OTHER MEDICAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.[2] THE PROMOTIONAL AND FACILITATION OF RESEARCH AND THE FUNDING OF RESEARCH PROJECTS INTO THE CAUSES TREATMENT PREVENTION AND ALLEVIATION OF SPINAL CORD DAMAGE IMPAIRMENT OR DISEASE AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.[3] THE REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY OF PERSONS WITH SPINAL CORD DAMAGE IMPAIRMENT FOR DISEASE.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £4.2m, supported by charitable activities and joint ventures, while total fundraising costs remained at £560k. The charity reports unrestricted funds of £1,874k against tangible fixed assets of £362k, resulting in net reserves of £1,173k, which the Trustees consider sufficient for current needs. Although the charity is preparing on a going concern basis, it notes ongoing financial pressures from rising employment costs and inflation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

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

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (49% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 14.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jean-Baptiste Wautierchair
• Andrew Richard Chaplin
• Dr Mary Gibson
• Dr Pradeep Thumbikat
• Hamisha Mehta
• Jennifer Laura Sacks
• Matthew Christopher Bassett
• Mohammed Belal
• Nicholas Flanagan
• Rebecca Wilmot
• Stephen Gardiner

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE INSPIRE FOUNDATION.

• THE INSPIRE FOUNDATION income £282k
• ASPIRE LIVING LIMITED income £11.4m
• INSPIRE COMMUNITY TRUST income £4.8m
• ASPIRE CHURCH income £100k
• ASPIRE LIVERPOOL income £63k
• SPIRIT (SPINAL PARALYSIS AND INJURIES RESEARCH INFORMATION AND TRAINING) income £186k

Side by side with its peers

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