Registered charity (CIO) · Reading
Aspire2
- 8 trustees
- Income £70k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Charlie ClareChair · since 2022
- David ShepherdTrustee · since 2022
- Frances LancasterTrustee · since 2022
- Jacqueline Ann SteeleTrustee · since 2022
- Louise HarrisTrustee · since 2022
- Martin SalterTrustee · since 2022
- Mollie CleaverTrustee · since 2023
- Talia Ann HickeyTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 1 other charity:
- Park United Reformed Church · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Reading
- Website
- www.aspire2whitley.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2022
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£70k£53k
- 2024£93k£115k
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN READING AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: A. ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; B. ADVANCING EDUCATION; C. PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.
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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
- Charlie Clare Chair since 2022
- David Shepherd since 2022
- Frances Lancaster since 2022
- Jacqueline Ann Steele since 2022
- Louise Harris since 2022
- Martin Salter since 2022
- Mollie Cleaver since 2023
- Talia Ann Hickey since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Charlie Clare Chair since 2022
- David Shepherd since 2022
- Jacqueline Ann Steele since 2022
- Louise Harris since 2022
- Martin Salter since 2022
- Mollie Cleaver since 2023
- Talia Ann Hickey since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Frances Lancaster since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1200410
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 20 Sep 2022
- Contact on the register
- 01189375425 · manager@aspire2whitley.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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