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Spark Inside

The charity's objects ("Objects") are specifically restricted to the following for the public benefit:4.1.1 to advance the education of people who have come into contact with, or are working in, the criminal justice system, individuals at risk of...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £1.5m (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.sparkinside.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Spark Inside
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.5m£1.2m
  • 2024£1.1m£1.0m
  • 2023£928k£888k
Earlier years
  • 2022£835k£739k
  • 2021£787k£670k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 13% · Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The charity's objects ("Objects") are specifically restricted to the following for the public benefit:4.1.1 to advance the education of people who have come into contact with, or are working in, the criminal justice system, individuals at risk of coming into contact with the criminal justice system and socially excluded groups through the development of individual capabilities, competencies, skills and understanding; and4.1.2 to prevent and relieve poverty by promoting the reduction and prevention of crime and (so far as it is exclusively charitable) by promoting the welfare of people who have come into contact with the criminal justice system, individuals at risk of coming into contact with the criminal justice system and socially excluded groups; and4.1.3 to advance the rehabilitation of people who have come into contact with the criminal justice system and reduce reoffending.

Grants received

43 grants · £2,221,058 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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Most recent

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.

10 trustees on the board

3.3y median 2.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10Economic/community Development/employment 9General Charitable Purposes 9Accommodation/housing 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 13Business services 5Finance 3

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

8.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.0 in 2021

13 from 9 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
20%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1148420
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09 MAR 2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 24/04/2012 as amended on 05 May 2022
Companies House
Company number 07984016 · Active
Contact on the register
02034680706 · team@sparkinside.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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