SPACE (AYLESBURY)

Registered charity 1177979 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Space (Aylesbury) aims to promote and protect good physical and mental health of the people of Buckinghamshire who are experiencing relationship breakdowns, loneliness, bereavement, homelessness, unemployment, ill health, isolation or other mental or emotional stress.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING RELATIONSHIP BREAKDOWNS, LONELINESS, BEREAVEMENT, HOMELESSNESS, UNEMPLOYMENT, ILL HEALTH, ISOLATION OR OTHER MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL STRESS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:- PROVIDING WEEKLY DROP IN GROUPS OFFERING A LISTENING SERVICE- PROVIDING A SAFE PLACE AND OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OTHERS GOING THROUGH DIFFICULTIES- PROVIDING SIGNPOSTING TO OTHER RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS FOR SPECIALIST SUPPORT.

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

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

Latest income
£95k
Latest spending
£41k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported total income of £93,636 and total expenditure of £95,334 for the period, resulting in a net expenditure. The trustees report that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £54,542, which they describe as providing remaining funds against future uncertainties despite anticipated pressure on funding.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

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)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Government income: £12,000 — grants £12,000 (2); 13% of the £95,334 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Government income: £24,000 — contracts £12,000 (1), grants £12,000 (1); 46% of the £51,674 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £12,000 — grants £12,000 (1); 20% of the £60,963 total gross income on the same return
  • 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£95k£41k
31/03/2024£52k£56k
31/03/2023£61k£50k
31/03/2022£39k£52k
31/03/2021£57k£52k

Common questions

Is SPACE (AYLESBURY) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported total income of £93,636 and total expenditure of £95,334 for the period, resulting in a net expenditure. The trustees report that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £54,542, which they describe as providing remaining funds against future uncertainties despite anticipated pressure on funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SPACE (AYLESBURY)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SPACE (AYLESBURY) as a grant recipient include WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITY, ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITYFY2024£42kYouth Groups
WILLIAM HARDING'S CHARITYFY2025£5k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£1kCharitable Donation

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/10/2024£17kSpace (Aylesbury)
UK government26/09/2020£8kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BROOKFIELD SPACEPLACE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SPACE (AYLESBURY)£95k—0unclear—no doubt
BROOKFIELD SPACEPLACE FY2025£112k—0unclear—no doubt
SPACE FY2025£256k—0below—no doubt
THE OASIS PARTNERSHIP UK FY2024£1.7m——unclear—no doubt
HEADSPACE FY2025£113k——above—no doubt
BESPACE FY2026£201kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt

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