SPEAR ISLINGTON TRUST

Registered charity 1167900 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide coaching and development to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to help them find employment and build their confidence and sense of self worth. We run the Spear Programme for up to 90 young people aged 16-24 each year. The programme comprises 6 weeks of training followed by a year of support. 75% of our young people are in work or further training 12 months after the course.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS, TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 TO 24 LIVING IN AND AROUND THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON BY PROVIDING ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT. ORGANISING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A) HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE ADVANCE IN LIFE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO AND PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; B) ADVANCING EDUCATION C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT, ENABLING YOUNG PEOPLE TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT; D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE 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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£101k

Latest spending

£157k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £56,017 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reducing its cash balance from £208,058 to £152,041. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that the charity maintains over 12 months of cash reserves, which exceeds their stated policy target of six months of recurring expenditure. The filing notes that the charity has paid off all previous debt and continues to have strong financial stability compared to earlier years.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of recurring expenditure (reserves figure: £152k)

“During 2025 the Trustees continued a reserves policy to have reserves to cover a minimum of six months of recurring expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Resurgo is identified as the parent charity. The accounts disclose a contribution payment to Resurgo and recharges for IT services provided by Resurgo.

“Spear Islington made a £15,000 contribution payment to its parent, Resurgo. Additionally, Resurgo provide IT services to the charity that are then recharged. A catch-up payment was made on such services in the current financial year.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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: 5

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

Volunteers: 5

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Spear Islington Trust UK (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Aisling Teochair
Aisling Marie Cronin
JOHN EDWIN D'SOUZA
Joey Chung Yin Lai
Katie Alana Graham Downer
Louise Reichmann
Maria Perarnaubayo
Stephen Laverty
Victoria Blizzard

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

Operates in: Camden · City Of London · Hackney · Haringey · Islington

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£101k	£157k
31/08/2024	£179k	£126k
31/08/2023	£178k	£109k
31/08/2022	£126k	£96k
31/08/2021	£136k	£89k

Common questions

Is SPEAR ISLINGTON TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £56,017 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reducing its cash balance from £208,058 to £152,041. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that the charity maintains over 12 months of cash reserves, which exceeds their stated policy target of six months of recurring expenditure. The filing notes that the charity has paid off all previous debt and continues to have strong financial stability compared to earlier years. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SPEAR ISLINGTON TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SPEAR ISLINGTON TRUST as a grant recipient include THE CHILDHOOD TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	FY2024	£13k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	FY2022	£12k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	FY2025	£6k

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 GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED	2	£15k
THE GAUDIO FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED	1	£825k
MONTPELIER FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£450k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£180k
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATION	1	£170k
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION	1	£150k
THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£137k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£120k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPEAR BRIGHTON TRUST.

SPEAR BRIGHTON TRUST income £122k
RESURGO TRUST income £3.2m
SPEAR BRISTOL income £270k
BOURNEMOUTH SPEAR TRUST income £114k
SPRINGBOARD SUNDERLAND TRUST income £3.4m
STEPPING STONES COLLABORATION FOR RECOVERY AND WELLBEING income £228k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SPEAR ISLINGTON TRUST	£101k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SPEAR BRIGHTON TRUST FY2025	£122k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
RESURGO TRUST FY2025	£3.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
SPEAR BRISTOL FY2025	£270k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BOURNEMOUTH SPEAR TRUST FY2025	£114k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SPRINGBOARD SUNDERLAND TRUST FY2025	£3.4m	£60,000 - £69,999	4	below	—	material uncertainty

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