THE SPARK FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1097058 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ISP CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION

The objects of the Foundation are:*To relieve young people who are homeless or in financial need*To relieve young people who are suffering from mental or physical sickness*To advance the education of young people*To promote the training of young people who through their social and economic circumstances are unable to obtain employment*To provide facilities for leisure time occupation

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £4,527 against a stated policy target of covering expenses plus a £2,000 buffer. The filing notes that income was insufficient to meet all applications and highlights a dependency on specific donors, including the Tunstall Jubilee Foundation and the Albert Hunt Foundation.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Spark Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Tunstall Jubilee Foundation — “Huge thanks to Tunstall Jubilee Foundation for their generous annual grant that keeps us going.” (source page)
• Forrester Family Trust — “The Spark Foundation thanks the Forrester Family Trust for their generous grant of £10,000 into our funds.” (source page)
• Riverhorse Trust — “Thank you to the Riverhorse Trust for their generous grant of £5,000.” (source page)

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/07/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Danny Chestermanchair
• Adam Brankin
• Cathy Walker
• IRENE HALL
• James Whitton
• Kirsty Ginn
• SHEILA ROSARIA PATEL · trustee of 1 other charity
• TRACEY SORRELL

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• SHEILA ROSARIA PATEL — trustee here and at THE TUNSTALL JUBILEE FOUNDATION

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.