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The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
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Aspire NI

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £204.5K

  • Spending

    £203.8K

Charity no. 107570 Company no. 639811 Date registered. 06/07/2020

Public benefits

The benefits will be improved literacy and numeracy of young people from low-income backgrounds. These benefits will be demonstrated through young people using our services and the qualifications they achieve in school with our help. There is no harm anticipated through the services we provide. The charities beneficiaries are young people aged 5-18

from low income families and areas of high deprivation. There are no private benefits for trustees as our services are solely for young people under the age of 18.

What your organisation does

We will achieve these outcomes through counselling/support, providing free education and training by working with schools. Aspire run after school homework clubs where we provide refreshments and volunteers who assist in completing homework. Aspire off free tuition using volunteers who have achieved A-Level or above in their chosen subject.

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education

Who the charity helps

  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Volunteers
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Education/training
  • Relief of poverty
  • Religious activities
  • Youth development

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 August 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 August 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 August 2022

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty. The Advancement of education. Providing facilitators to run education based programmes for children in poverty (Free school meal eligible pupils). Running free activity sessions for children in poverty. The outcomes we set out to achieve will be prevention or relief of poverty and the advancement of education for children and young people in Northern Ireland. We will achieve these outcomes through counselling/support, providing free education and training by working with schools. The benefits will be improved literacy and numeracy of young people from low-income backgrounds.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name


  • 6 Trustees
  • 8 Employees
  • 10 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mr Mark Knox, 79 Parkmore, Knockmenagh, Craigavon, BT64 2AF

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr David Wylie
Mr Leonard Stewart Adamson
Mr David Mcbride
Mrs Carol Little
Mr Ian Bingham
Mrs Megan Collins

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland