Registered charity · Oxford
Aspire Oxfordshire Community Enterprise Limited
- 6 trustees
- Income £2.8m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes
- Website
- www.aspireoxfordshire.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Aspire Oxfordshire Community Enterprise LTD.
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.8m£2.7m
- 2024£2.8m£2.7m
- 2023£2.7m£2.8m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.9m£2.8m
- 2021£2.5m£2.0m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 5% · Government grants 40%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3. OBJECTSTHE EXPRESSION "THOSE IN NEED" MEANS THOSE WHO ARE POOR (AS POVERTY IS UNDERSTOOD BY THE LAW RELATING TO CHARITIES) OR WHO ARE OTHERWISE DISADVANTAGED BY REASON OF HOMELESSNESS, OR IMPAIRMENT OF MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH OR ABILITY, OR UNEMPLOYMENT OR OF PERSONAL HISTORIES OF ALCOHOL- OR DRUG-ABUSE OR CRIME. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECTS') ARE:(1) TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF THOSE IN NEED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM;(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF, PROVIDE TRAINING FOR AND OTHERWISE ASSIST THOSE IN NEED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO ENABLE THEM TO OBTAIN PAID EMPLOYMENT;(3) TO PROMOTE THE IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF, AND PROMOTE AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF, THE PERFORMANCE AND SKILLS OF INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PROVIDED BY THE CHARITY AND OTHERS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE MORE EFFECTIVE AND ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTS.
Grants received
46 grants · £1,077,547 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £393,026 (3 grants)
- Oxfordshire Community Foundation · £286,897 (29 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £82,000
- Henry Smith Foundation · £68,300
- The Leathersellers' Foundation · £60,000
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.
6 trustees on the board
- William Hubert Powlett Smith Chair since 2021
- Charles Richard Dick since 2018
- Christopher Roy Blackburn since 2023
- Hugh Richardson since 2021
- Laura Margaret Brown since 2023
- Rachel Sharon Mclean Clark since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Charles Richard Dick since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- William Hubert Powlett Smith Chair since 2021
- Hugh Richardson since 2021
- Laura Margaret Brown since 2023
- Rachel Sharon Mclean Clark since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Charles Richard Dick since 2018
- Christopher Roy Blackburn since 2023
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
1.8 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
- 1117726
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14 AUGUST 2001 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 18 JULY 2006.
- Companies House
- Company number 04270053 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01865204450 · info@aspireoxford.co.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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