INSPIRE SUFFOLK LTD

Registered charity 1101519 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IPSWICH TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST, ITFC CHARITABLE TRUST

Promote and assist in advancing education. Promote or assist in promoting community participation in health recreation. Provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation leisure time.provide opportunities for the less advantaged and less able to take part in physical activities, sport and educational activitiesPromote any other purpose that is charitable in English law.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a strong financial position with a general unrestricted surplus of £110k, restoring its level of reserves. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £315k, which is below the stated policy target of £400k (equivalent to three months of expenditure). The charity remains committed to maintaining a secure and sustainable financial foundation despite increasing costs and a competitive funding climate.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04881803

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Inspire Suffolk (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• James Buckle — Chair (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• GOOSEN, John Robert — director, appointed 15/04/2026on trustee list
• GREENACRE, Timothy John — director, appointed 02/04/2025on trustee list
• SYMONDS, Ashley — director, appointed 09/10/2024on trustee list
• WESTWOOD, Sally Ann — director, appointed 05/07/2023on trustee list
• BUCKLE, James Kennedy — director, appointed 05/07/2023on trustee list
• DA COSTA JONES, Nymone — director, appointed 01/09/2022not on trustee list
• SHORROCK, Julie — director, appointed 30/03/2022not on trustee list
• WHITTAKER, Alan Anthony — director, appointed 29/01/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (62% 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: 3.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (01/12/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (08/12/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Whittaker
• Ashley Symonds
• DEREK WILLIAM BOWDEN
• James Buckle
• John Robert Goosen
• Julie Shurrock
• Nymone Da Costa Jones
• Sally Ann Westwood
• Timothy John Greenacre

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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• MILTON KEYNES DONS FOOTBALL CLUB SPORTS & EDUCATION TRUST income £3.9m
• READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST income £2.4m
• SPORTINSPIRED LTD income £1.4m
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• INSPIRE PLUS income £1.2m
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Side by side with its peers

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