BLACKPOOL INSPIRATIONS

Registered charity 1189285 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Blackpool Inspirations provides mental health services based on peer support. We have social groups, trips around the country, activities such as pottery courses, a counsellor who works with our members and are always developing. We consult with members on all major development or activity decisions so we are led by our beneficiaries in all things.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS WITHIN THE AREA OF BLACKPOOL AND THE FYLDE COAST BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, MUTUAL SUPPORT AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £22,212 at the end of the period, having spent all available funds on service provision. The trustees report no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing a revenue stream supported by NHS commissioners.

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 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Hamilton
• STEVEN ROYLE

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

Operates in: Blackpool · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Inspira (01).

• Inspira (01) income £5.7m
• BLACKPOOL CARERS CENTRE LIMITED income £1.2m
• BLACKPOOL CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.1m
• INSPIRE A TEEN income £101k
• INSPIRED TASKFORCE income £193k
• InspireAll Leisure & Family Support Services income £18.9m

Side by side with its peers

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