ASPIRE SUSSEX LIMITED

Registered charity 1149439 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASPIRE; ASPIRE SUSSEX

The provision of adult learning services to people in Sussex

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE: 1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADULT AND COMMUNITY LEARNING SERVICES;2. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADULT AND COMMUNITY LEARNING SERVICES;3. TO ADVANCE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC; AND4. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES AND SERVICES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, OR SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£3.8m
Latest spending
£4.0m
Registered
2012

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 31/07/2021

  • Government income: £3,051,886 — grants £3,051,886 (1); 81% of the £3,779,665 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; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2020

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £2,957,563 — contracts £2,957,563 (1); 77% of the £3,837,535 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2019

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £2,904,747 — contracts £2,904,747 (1); 75% of the £3,896,501 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

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

4 annual returns are past their due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2021)

Total income
£3.8m
Total spending
£4.0m
Cost of raising funds
£12k
Reserves (reported)
£78k
Employees
215

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.3% 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: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025——
31/07/2024——
31/07/2023——
31/07/2022——
31/07/2021£3.8m£4.0m

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/10/2018£6k"West Sussex First World War Learning Programme"
The National Lottery Community Fund04/07/2016£349kCtoC/1/3 - Working Together for Work
The National Lottery Community Fund04/07/2016£220kCtoC/1/8 - Local Learning Perspectives
The National Lottery Community Fund06/11/2015£50kCtoC/1/8 Local learning Perspectives (LLP)
The National Lottery Community Fund06/11/2015£50kCtoC/1/3 - Working Together for Work (WT4W)