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INSPIRE PLUS

Registered charity 1144507 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INSPIRE +

Supporting Young People be Healthier, Happier & more Active-Supporting High Quality PE & School Sport provision in schools-To ensure young people meet recommended physical activity levels-To commit to work with partners for the 'broader' wellbeing of young people-Engage & equip the next generation of leaders/volunteers-Sustainable High Quality provision regardless of government funding

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY THROUGH SPORT AND PHYSICAL RECREATION, TO THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED UNDER THE AGE OF 25 THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES, AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLNSHIRE.

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£981k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £1,219,063 from £1,357,951 in the prior year, while net income remained positive at £237,907. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,792,151, which the trustees note is just short of their stated policy target of 24 months of expenditure, currently representing approximately 22 months. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 £60,001 - £70,000 1” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 £60,001 - £70,000 1” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The unrestricted reserves at the year-end were £1,792,151 representing just short of 22 months of expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Trustee R Tyler received £1,152 for services unrelated to trustee work.
“During the period the charity paid trustee, R Tyler, for services during the period which were unrelated to his work as a trustee, amounting to £1,152 (2024: £931).” — page 41
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to trustee R Tyler for services unrelated to trustee work
“During the period the charity paid trustee, R Tyler, for services during the period which were unrelated to his work as a trustee, amounting to £1,152 (2024: £931).” — page 41
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Wright Vigar Limited. Discloses 6 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 300
  • Government income: £314,877 — grants £314,877 (4); 26% of the £1,219,063 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 300
  • Government income: £308,762 — grants £308,762 (4); 24% of the £1,298,251 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 285
  • Government income: £261,448 — contracts £261,448 (2); 24% of the £1,080,455 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

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

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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.

Official officers record.

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

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£981k
Reserves (reported)
£1.8m
Employees
24

Reported reserves equal ~21.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Norfolk · North Lincolnshire · Nottinghamshire · Peterborough City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.2m£981k
31/08/2024£1.3m£1.0m
31/08/2023£1.1m£998k
31/08/2022£1.2m£812k
31/08/2021£799k£560k

Common questions

Is INSPIRE PLUS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased to £1,219,063 from £1,357,951 in the prior year, while net income remained positive at £237,907. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,792,151, which the trustees note is just short of their stated policy target of 24 months of expenditure, currently representing approximately 22 months. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Wright Vigar Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of INSPIRE PLUS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/07/2015£10kInspire plus-getting people active and healthy

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£330k
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION1£200k
PHILIP KING CHARITABLE TRUST1£84k
GLOBAL SCHOOLS FORUM1£82k
THE MRS L D ROPE THIRD CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£35k
THE MURIEL AND GERSHON COREN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£30k
THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£7k
HOPEGROVE1£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INSPIRE SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INSPIRE PLUS£1.2m£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
INSPIRE SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY FY2025£52k—0below—no doubt
INSPIRING TEACHERS FY2025£395k—0below—no doubt
INSPIRE A TEEN FY2025£101k—0above—no doubt
INSPIRE LONDON CHURCH FY2025£787kmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt
INSPIRE SUFFOLK LTD FY2025£1.8m£70,000 - £80,0001above—no doubt

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