INSPIRE MIDDLETON

Registered charity 1126093 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our overall aim is inspiring people, places and organisations within Middleton, seeking to support and release their potential thus contributing towards building a better place to live, work and visit. We also seek to challenge a prevailing negative attitude towards the town and change this through positive actions, motivation & encouragement.

Objects

I) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF MIDDLETON, NORTH MANCHESTER IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.II) TO PROMOTE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE EFFICIENCY OF THE POLICE IN MIDDLETON, NORTH MANCHESTER AND TO PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE PREVENTION AND SOLUTION OF CRIME IN THE ARE.III) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH;A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.IV) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF A DROP IN CENTRE.V) TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE PERSONS REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE 4.VI) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF THE PERSONS REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE 4.VII) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£459k
Latest spending
£333k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 are unaudited and were subject to an independent examination by Simon GrettonWatson A.C.A. The document provided contains only administrative details and governance structure, with no financial data, reserves, or income figures disclosed.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Inspire Middleton - Lighthouse Project (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Manchester City · Rochdale

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£459k£333k
31/03/2024£313k£277k
31/03/2023£182k£262k
31/03/2022£282k£250k
31/03/2021£296k£208k

Common questions

Is INSPIRE MIDDLETON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 are unaudited and were subject to an independent examination by Simon GrettonWatson A.C.A. The document provided contains only administrative details and governance structure, with no financial data, reserves, or income figures disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/09/2023£362kLighthouse Project - Community Toolbox
The National Lottery Community Fund25/03/2019£477kLighthouse Project
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2016£422kLighthouse Project
The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2015£10kMiddleton Central Foodbank

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MIND IN MID HERTS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INSPIRE MIDDLETON£459k——unclear—no doubt
MIND IN MID HERTS FY2025£1.5m——unclear—no doubt
ZION ARTS CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
FEEDING COVENTRY FY2025£681k——unclear—no doubt
START IN SALFORD FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt
THE SAID FOUNDATION FY2025£5.0m——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.