THE GUNNERCOOKE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1163140 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INSPIRE, INSPIRE ACCELERATOR FOUNDATION

The gunnercooke Foundation accelerates ambitious charities ability to achieve their mission, so that our communities are more thriving, prosperous places. We connect resource, expertise and leadership from the business community, with great causes and passionate people in not-for-profit organisations, through a portfolio of projects.

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Latest income

£168k

Latest spending

£141k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity relies on funding from gunnercooke LLP, which has agreed to underwrite all costs, meaning the trustees do not perceive a risk to funding arrangements. Consequently, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £31,033 and has no stated reserves policy or investment strategy. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

DARRYL JOHN COOKEchair
Laura Elizabeth Fisher BA
Naseer Patel
SARAH JANE GOULBOURNE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£168k	£141k
31/12/2023	£116k	£137k
31/12/2022	£119k	£95k
31/12/2021	£31k	£31k
31/05/2021	£47k	£47k

Common questions

Is THE GUNNERCOOKE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity relies on funding from gunnercooke LLP, which has agreed to underwrite all costs, meaning the trustees do not perceive a risk to funding arrangements. Consequently, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £31,033 and has no stated reserves policy or investment strategy. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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 GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION	1	£500k
CLA CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
The Ethos Foundation	1	£5k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COOKE E-LEARNING FOUNDATION.

THE COOKE E-LEARNING FOUNDATION income £551k
THE COCO'S FOUNDATION income £207k
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST income £112k
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION income £1.4m
THE GRANT THORNTON FOUNDATION income £364k
THE GENERATION FOUNDATION income £11.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GUNNERCOOKE FOUNDATION	£168k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COOKE E-LEARNING FOUNDATION FY2025	£551k	—	below	76.7%	no doubt
THE COCO'S FOUNDATION FY2024	£207k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£112k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GRANT THORNTON FOUNDATION FY2026	£364k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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