# ASPIRE OXFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1117726
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Jan. 29, 2007
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1117726


## Contact

- **Address:** ST THOMAS'S SCHOOL, OSNEY LANE, OXFORD
- **Postcode:** OX1 1NJ
- **Phone:** 01865204450
- **Email:** info@aspireoxford.co.uk
- **Website:** www.aspireoxfordshire.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.  OBJECTSTHE EXPRESSION "THOSE IN NEED" MEANS THOSE WHO ARE POOR (AS POVERTY IS UNDERSTOOD BY THE LAW RELATING TO CHARITIES) OR WHO ARE OTHERWISE DISADVANTAGED BY REASON OF HOMELESSNESS, OR IMPAIRMENT OF MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH OR ABILITY, OR UNEMPLOYMENT OR OF  PERSONAL HISTORIES OF ALCOHOL- OR DRUG-ABUSE OR CRIME. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECTS') ARE:(1)  TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF THOSE IN NEED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM;(2)  TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF, PROVIDE TRAINING FOR AND OTHERWISE ASSIST THOSE IN NEED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO ENABLE THEM TO OBTAIN PAID EMPLOYMENT;(3)  TO PROMOTE THE IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF, AND PROMOTE AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF, THE PERFORMANCE AND SKILLS OF INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PROVIDED BY THE CHARITY AND OTHERS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE MORE EFFECTIVE AND ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTS.

**Activities:** Aspire Oxfordshire is an employment charity and social enterprise that creates real work placements, training, employment and housing opportunities for people who face severe and multiple disadvantages such as homelessness, substance misuse and offending. Our charity is dedicated to transforming the life chances of local men and women who have survived adversity.

**Area of benefit:** IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Buckinghamshire
- Milton Keynes
- Oxfordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2761261 | £2701392 | £969691 | 59 |
| March 31, 2024 | £2770181 | £2691345 | £909822 | 58 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2671837 | £2796709 | £831365 | 59 |
| March 31, 2022 | £2866980 | £2771495 | £952949 | 73 |
| March 31, 2021 | £2512750 | £1990199 | £859164 | 58 |



## Trustees

- **William Hubert Powlett Smith** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 19, 2021
- CHARLES RICHARD DICK — appointed May 2, 2018
- Catherine Rowe — appointed Feb. 2, 2023
- Christopher Roy Blackburn — appointed Feb. 2, 2023
- Helen Marie Cannon — appointed May 3, 2024
- Hugh Richardson — appointed Aug. 31, 2021
- Laura Margaret Brown — appointed Feb. 5, 2023