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ASPIRE COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE (SHEFFIELD) LIMITED

Registered charity 1116421 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASPIRE COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE (SHEFFIELD) LTD

Provision of employment experience and trainng for the long term unemployed and marginalsed.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£234k
Latest spending
£258k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an operating deficit of £24,745 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased costs and reduced charitable donations. Consequently, free reserves fell to £48,589, which is below the trustees' stated target of £70,000. The trustees have implemented cost-saving measures, including reverting to the National Living Wage, to address the financial pressure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £70,000 (held: £49k)
“After a review we now intend to work towards a level of £70,000, this figure reflects the current reality of the costs of a controlled close down.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Honorarium paid to Patricia Parkin for administrative services.
“Patricia Parkin was paid an honorarium of £2,856 during the year for providing administrative services to the charity” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Derbyshire · Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£234k£258k
31/03/2024£274k£237k
31/03/2023£185k£192k
31/03/2022£198k£179k
31/03/2021£145k£130k

Common questions

Is ASPIRE COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE (SHEFFIELD) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred an operating deficit of £24,745 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased costs and reduced charitable donations. Consequently, free reserves fell to £48,589, which is below the trustees' stated target of £70,000. The trustees have implemented cost-saving measures, including reverting to the National Living Wage, to address the financial pressure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ASPIRE COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE (SHEFFIELD) LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ASPIRE COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE (SHEFFIELD) LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST, SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST.

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.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/06/2018£10kAspire to Expand
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2014£10kAspire to Enterprise