Registered charity · Ipswich
Inspire Suffolk LTD
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.8m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alan WhittakerTrustee · since 2020
- Ashley SymondsTrustee · since 2024
- Derek William BowdenTrustee · since 2020
- James BuckleTrustee · since 2023
- John Robert GoosenTrustee · since 2026
- Julie ShurrockTrustee · since 2022
- Nymone Da Costa JonesTrustee · since 2022
- Sally Ann WestwoodTrustee · since 2023
- Timothy John GreenacreTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Amateur Sport and 1 more
- Where
- Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk
- Website
- www.inspiresuffolk.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Inspire Suffolk LTD
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.8m£1.8m
- 2024£3.2m£1.6m
- 2023£3.3m£1.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.3m£1.3m
- 2021£1.2m£1.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 36% · Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE AND ASSIST IN ADVANCING EDUCATION; TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN PROMOTING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION; TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THOSE FOR THOM THE FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND DISABILITY AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH; AND TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER PURPOSE WHICH IS CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW
Grants received
54 grants · £1,435,110 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £331,111 (5 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £262,780 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £190,000 (3 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £187,492 (2 grants)
- Suffolk Community Foundation · £165,842 (27 grants)
Most recent
- 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.
9 trustees on the board
- Alan Whittaker since 2020
- Ashley Symonds since 2024
- Derek William Bowden since 2020
- James Buckle since 2023
- John Robert Goosen since 2026
- Julie Shurrock since 2022
- Nymone Da Costa Jones since 2022
- Sally Ann Westwood since 2023
- Timothy John Greenacre since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Alan Whittaker since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Alan Whittaker since 2020
- Ashley Symonds since 2024
- Derek William Bowden since 2020
- James Buckle since 2023
- John Robert Goosen since 2026
- Julie Shurrock since 2022
- Nymone Da Costa Jones since 2022
- Sally Ann Westwood since 2023
- Timothy John Greenacre since 2025
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
2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1101519
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/08/2003AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07/10/2005AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 21/11/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 04881803 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01473353190 · info@inspiresuffolk.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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