AIMING HIGHER FOR THE DISABLED COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1144664 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AIMING HIGHER

Provide support for families caring for disabled children and young people.Provide social and leisure activities for these families.Work with local businesses and organisation to ensure fully inclusive access.Building a network of families, a community hub so families can access information and mutual support from one another.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£178k
Latest spending
£194k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the period with total funds of £193,595, an increase from the previous year's £116,527, driven by a net income of £77,068. The trustees report that the organization is sustainable and finances are reviewed regularly, with no material uncertainties affecting its 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

Reserves policy: ensure the organization is sustainable (held: £81k)
“The aim of the Reserves Policy remains to ensure the organization is sustainable.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Aiming Higher (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Blackpool · Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£178k£194k
31/03/2024£264k£302k
31/03/2023£309k£283k
31/03/2022£210k£305k
31/03/2021£380k£345k

Common questions

Is AIMING HIGHER FOR THE DISABLED COMMUNITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the period with total funds of £193,595, an increase from the previous year's £116,527, driven by a net income of £77,068. The trustees report that the organization is sustainable and finances are reviewed regularly, with no material uncertainties affecting its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds AIMING HIGHER FOR THE DISABLED COMMUNITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AIMING HIGHER FOR THE DISABLED COMMUNITY as a grant recipient include THE VERA WOLSTENCROFT CHILDREN AND ANIMAL CHARITABLE TRUST, LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION, THE PAYBACK TIME TRUST, SKELTON BOUNTY, THE DWF FOUNDATION.

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.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/10/2021£298kReaching Resilience Project
UK government08/07/2020£35kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
UK government01/06/2020£3kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund31/05/2018£495kTransformation Project
The National Lottery Community Fund29/06/2016£10kVolunteer Co-ordinator for training professional volunteers
The National Lottery Community Fund22/10/2014£10kCreation of a support group for parents of disabled children