Registered charity · Stanmore
Aspire ( Association for Spinal Injury Research Rehabilitation and Reintegration )
- 11 trustees
- Income £3.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Jean-Baptiste WautierChair · since 2023
- Andrew Richard ChaplinTrustee · since 2016
- Dr Mary GibsonTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Pradeep ThumbikatTrustee · since 2024
- Hamisha MehtaTrustee · since 2019
- Jennifer Laura SacksTrustee · since 2020
- Matthew Christopher BassettTrustee · since 2026
- Mohammed BelalTrustee · since 2026
- Nicholas FlanaganTrustee · since 2019
- Rebecca WilmotTrustee · since 2023
- Stephen GardinerTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 2 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.aspire.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Association for Spinal Injury Research Rehabilitation and Reintegration
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.9m£3.6m
- 2024£3.8m£3.6m
- 2023£3.6m£3.7m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.4m£3.5m
- 2021£3.4m£2.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
[1] TO RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND INJURY BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE WORKS OF THE SPINAL CORD INJURIES UNIT AT THE ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL AND OF SIMILAR UNDERTAKINGS AT OTHER MEDICAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.[2] THE PROMOTIONAL AND FACILITATION OF RESEARCH AND THE FUNDING OF RESEARCH PROJECTS INTO THE CAUSES TREATMENT PREVENTION AND ALLEVIATION OF SPINAL CORD DAMAGE IMPAIRMENT OR DISEASE AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.[3] THE REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY OF PERSONS WITH SPINAL CORD DAMAGE IMPAIRMENT FOR DISEASE.
Grants received
43 grants · £3,305,476 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Sport England · £1,696,419 (11 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £972,639 (12 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £152,550 (3 grants)
- Department of Health and Social Care · £150,000
- Henry Smith Foundation · £90,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
11 trustees on the board
- Jean-Baptiste Wautier Chair since 2023
- Andrew Richard Chaplin since 2016
- Dr Mary Gibson since 2024
- Dr Pradeep Thumbikat since 2024
- Hamisha Mehta since 2019
- Jennifer Laura Sacks since 2020
- Matthew Christopher Bassett since 2026
- Mohammed Belal since 2026
- Nicholas Flanagan since 2019
- Rebecca Wilmot since 2023
- Stephen Gardiner since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew Richard Chaplin since 2016
- Hamisha Mehta since 2019
- Jennifer Laura Sacks since 2020
- Nicholas Flanagan since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Jean-Baptiste Wautier Chair since 2023
- Andrew Richard Chaplin since 2016
- Dr Mary Gibson since 2024
- Hamisha Mehta since 2019
- Jennifer Laura Sacks since 2020
- Matthew Christopher Bassett since 2026
- Mohammed Belal since 2026
- Nicholas Flanagan since 2019
- Rebecca Wilmot since 2023
- Stephen Gardiner since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Dr Pradeep Thumbikat since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1075317
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/03/1999NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 26/03/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/09/2014 as amended on 19 Oct 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 03744357 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07787510911 · info@aspire.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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