INSPIRE HOUNSLOW

Registered charity 1104413 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOUNSLOW CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

Provide or assist in social welfare for the benefit of people who live, work or study in the London borough of Hounslow, including those who have special need of such facilities by reason of their youth, disability or social or economic circumstances, with the object of improving their conditions of life

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£72k

Latest spending

£305k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Inspire Hounslow holds unrestricted reserves of £1,316,154, derived primarily from an investment portfolio valued at £1,520,423. The charity awarded grants totaling £267,072 during the year, supported by investment income of £71,877, while maintaining low overhead costs of £15,716.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (100% of income)

“The charity presently has no trading activity, so all its income is derived from interest and dividends on its investments and bank interest.” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (29/07/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

HOWARD WILLIAM SIMMONSchair
Dr Prabhjot Basra
Dr Rashmi Chandrappa
EDWARD LOCKE · trustee of 1 other charity
Neelam Dhanwantri
Sylvia Ann Cordell

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

Operates in: Hounslow

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£72k	£305k
31/03/2024	£196k	£265k
31/03/2023	£38k	£249k
31/03/2022	£31k	£78k
31/03/2021	£39k	£79k

Common questions

Is INSPIRE HOUNSLOW financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Inspire Hounslow holds unrestricted reserves of £1,316,154, derived primarily from an investment portfolio valued at £1,520,423. The charity awarded grants totaling £267,072 during the year, supported by investment income of £71,877, while maintaining low overhead costs of £15,716. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/09/2006	£10k	Spotlight
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/09/2006	£50k	"Black British Month 2006-2008"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/07/2005	£296	"This Group Will Use Their Award To Commemorate The End Of World War Two By Researching And Developing A New Workshop Session For Local Schoo"
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/07/2005	£5k	WW2 Educational Workshops
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/07/2005	£919	"This Group Will Hold A Range Of Activities Within The Older People'S Festival That Commemorates The 60th Anniversary Of The End Of The Secon"
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/07/2005	£15k	Events to commemorate 60th anniversary of VE Day