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Inspira (01)

Registered charity 1179502 Registered since 2018

Operates: Cumbria, Lancashire, Northumberland, Blackburn With Darwen, Blackpool, Newcastle Upon Tyne City

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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.

8 trustees on the board

6y median 8y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

6
company-linked trustees

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 4

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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£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.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.inspira.org.uk
EmailDavid.Emerson@inspira.org.uk
Phone01931711300
AddressInspira, Castle View, Gillan Way, Penrith 40 Business Park, PENRITH, Cumbria

Finances

£5,681,398 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,806,102£4,063,960
2022£5,463,267£5,096,005
2023£6,296,725£5,931,959
2024£5,337,343£5,164,373
2025£5,681,398£5,601,116

What it does

What

Education/trainingEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 MAR 2018 as amended on 08 Feb 2024

Trustees (8)

8trustees
55median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Inspira (01) · 04182567 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/03/2001

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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