The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Aspire Foundation

Registered charity 1155305 Registered since 2014

Operates: Gloucestershire

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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.

7 trustees on the board

3.9y median 1y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 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.

Professional services 3Health and social care 2Business services 1

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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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£3.1m latest income
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.

4.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 7.2 in 2021

98 from 82 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.
50%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.aspirefoundation.org.uk
EmailMELANIE.HILL@ASPIREFOUNDATION.ORG.UK
Phone01242252185
AddressGardners Lane Childrens Centre, Gardners Lane, Cheltenham, GL51 9JW

Finances

£3,086,905 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,154,184£2,260,365
2022£2,292,103£2,458,975
2023£2,813,839£2,939,351
2024£2,733,218£3,092,354
2025£3,086,905£2,911,176

What it does

What

Education/trainingRecreation

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE AND ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, IN PARTICULAR THOSE BELOW STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE, AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIEVE PROVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, AND PROVIDE LEISURE TIME FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THOSE INHABITANTS IN THE LOCAL AREA.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25/03/2013 as amended on 21 Apr 2021

Trustees (7)

7trustees
58median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Aspire Foundation · 08460624 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 25/03/2013

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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