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Registered charity · Penrith

Inspira (01)

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £5.7m (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
Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
Cumbria, Lancashire, Northumberland, Blackburn With Darwen and more
Website
www.inspira.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Inspira (01)
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.7m£5.6m
  • 2024£5.3m£5.2m
  • 2023£6.3m£5.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£5.5m£5.1m
  • 2021£4.8m£4.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 41% · Government grants 27%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

OBJECTS2 THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY (IN EACH CASE, ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT) TO THE FOLLOWING:2.1 TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT [INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT];2.2 TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS ADVANCE IN LIFE THROUGH PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPABILITIES AND CAPACITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING AS [MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE] INDIVIDUALS;2.3 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BEING OR BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, HELPING PEOPLE WHO ARE USUALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. ("SOCIALLY EXCLUDED" MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY OR PARTS OF SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF UNEMPLOYMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, AGE, UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION OR POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT);2.4 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE IN SUCH WAY AS THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING PREPARATION FOR ENTRY TO ANY OCCUPATION, TRADE OF PROFESSION;2.5 TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.

Grants received

2 grants · £21,825 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.

Top funders

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.

8 trustees on the board

6y median 8y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 8Education/training 8Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 8

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

Finance 24Professional services 16Education 12

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£5.7m 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.

4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.6 in 2021

110 from 110 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.
68%
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
1179502
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 MAR 2018 as amended on 08 Feb 2024
Companies House
Company number 04182567 · Active
Contact on the register
01931711300 · David.Emerson@inspira.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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