GASP MOTOR PROJECT

Registered charity 1128635 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

GASP Motor Project is an alternative learning facility that helps mainly 14 - 19 young people achieve and contribute their best. Disadvantaged and under-achieving under 25s in and around Surrey can learn basic motor mechanics and practical engineering skills . It helps to tackle anti-social and offending behaviours, engenders responsibilty and teamwork, and improves confidence and self-esteem.

Objects

"TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP VULNERABLE, UNDER-ACHIEVING YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENT IN SURREY BY MEANS OF (A) AN ALTERNATIVE LEARNING FACILITY, AND (B) A RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITY TO ASSIST THEM TO ACQUIRE ACCREDITED LEARNING OUTCOMES AND SOCIAL SKILLS THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IN LIFE AND PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS."

Area of benefit: SURREY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Guildford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £119,152 for the year ended 31 August 2025. Net free reserves are reported at £458,316, which is substantially above the trustees' stated target of approximately £331,050. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~9.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (68% 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: 3.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian James Watsonchair
• David Halliwell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elena Babkina
• IAN DIGMAN
• JOHN CHAPLIN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joesphine Anne Larcher
• Kinga Odendaal
• Lynne Regan
• Nicholas Elliott
• Robert Cooke
• STEPHEN DRURY
• Stephen Kenward

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE AYLESBURY YOUTH MOTOR PROJECT LIMITED.

• THE AYLESBURY YOUTH MOTOR PROJECT LIMITED income £458k
• THE SOCIAL MOBILITY FOUNDATION income £3.3m
• VISION25 income £942k
• 14TH SALE SCOUT GROUP income £38k
• NORTH HUMBERSIDE MOTOR TRADES GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION income £703k
• ANSAR YOUTH PROJECT income £272k

Side by side with its peers

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