POWER TO INSPIRE

Registered charity 1162631 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POWER 2 INSPIRE

Through inclusive and adapted sports days delivered to schools, communities and clubs we wish to embed inclusive sports within the UK sporting landscape, making a world in which inclusive sport is accepted as culturally normal. Our Games are not just focussed on bringing disabled and non-disabled people together but help all regardless of creed, age, gender, and race.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£122k

Latest spending

£106k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £16,401, strengthening its net assets to £19,049 after a deficit in the previous year. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of three to six months' expenditure, and unrestricted reserves of £15,486 are currently held. The trustees confirm that adequate resources are available for the foreseeable future, indicating no material uncertainty regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months' expenditure (held: £15k)

“It is the policy of the trustees that reserves representing three to six months' expenditure should be held in reserves.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Alastair Jeremy Macklinchair
Andrew Richard Hobbs
Gemma Elizabeth Thake
Leila Fatima Sheila Ilkhan
Mark Howard
Mishern Kamlesh Chetty
Philip Edward Bubb
Rachel Clare Anderson
Richard Lightfoot
Stephen Michael Peak · trustee of 2 other charities
Timothy William Jones · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · City Of Westminster · Essex · Leicestershire · Luton · Wandsworth · Warwickshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£122k	£106k
31/12/2023	£89k	£93k
31/12/2022	£69k	£99k
31/12/2021	£57k	£51k
31/12/2020	£53k	£36k

Common questions

Is POWER TO INSPIRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £16,401, strengthening its net assets to £19,049 after a deficit in the previous year. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of three to six months' expenditure, and unrestricted reserves of £15,486 are currently held. The trustees confirm that adequate resources are available for the foreseeable future, indicating no material uncertainty regarding going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds POWER TO INSPIRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name POWER TO INSPIRE as a grant recipient include THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, PHILIP KING CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST, The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£320k
PHILIP KING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£50k	Support for all inclusive sport initiatives
PHILIP KING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£19k	Support for all inclusive sport initiatives
PHILIP KING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£15k	Support for all inclusive sport initiatives
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited	FY2024	£1k	Education
The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited	FY2025	£750	Young people/Community

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ASTOR FOUNDATION	2	£4k
MOTABILITY	1	£887k
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	1	£200k
BARNWOOD TRUST	1	£164k
THE HYMANS ROBERTSON FOUNDATION	1	£96k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION	1	£52k
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation	1	£43k
THE MRS L D ROPE THIRD CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£35k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CARDIFF BLUES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

THE CARDIFF BLUES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £404k
HARTLEPOOL UNITED COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION income £199k
NORTHAMPTON TOWN FC COMMUNITY TRUST income £1.4m
INCLUSION GLOUCESTERSHIRE income £1.0m
BRITISH ROWING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £235k
INSPIRE SUFFOLK LTD income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
POWER TO INSPIRE	£122k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CARDIFF BLUES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£404k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HARTLEPOOL UNITED COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION FY2025	£199k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHAMPTON TOWN FC COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025	£1.4m	—	below	—	no doubt
INCLUSION GLOUCESTERSHIRE FY2025	£1.0m	—	no_policy	—	no doubt
BRITISH ROWING CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£235k	—	below	—	no doubt

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