|

Find that Charity

Organisation record

Sparks Charity

An inactive Registered Charity based in England. Removed on 03 February 2022.

This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 4 active records and 3 inactive records, from 4 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1160024 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.

Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.

GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1003825 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Description

The Charity promotes, encourages, maintains, improves and advances research into conditions which prevent children from being born healthy and/or may cause them suffering during the early years of life

Also known as

  • S P a R K S
  • Sparks Charity
  • SPARKS Charity
  • Sparks Charity

CCEW Charity number

1003825

Company number

02634037

Registered

Removed

Postcode

WC1N 1LE

Website

sparks.org.uk

Domain

sparks.org.uk

Latest income

£609,000 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Sparks Charity

GB-CHC-1003825

Locations

Back to contents

Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Areas of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

Sparks Charity

GB-CHC-1003825

Linked records

Back to contents

This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 4 active records and 3 inactive records, from 4 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1160024 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.

Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.

GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1003825 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Sparks Charity (inactive)

Organisation record from Office of Scottish Charity Regulator
Last updated 2024-05-02

Sparks Charity (inactive)

Organisation record from Companies House
Last updated 2024-05-04

Sparks Charity

GB-CHC-1003825

Themes and activities

Back to contents

This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Scientific research and testing services K10

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.

  • Beneficiary group BE » Children BE102
  • Research RS

Theme (CCEW)

  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 103
  • Disability 104
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science 109

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • People With Disabilities 203
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies 205

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Organisations 302
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308

Scale of operation

  • National

Sparks Charity

GB-CHC-1003825

Charity financial history

Back to contents
Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1991-08-07 Registered as a charity
2004-01-31 1,977,844 1,863,865
2005-01-31 2,341,633 2,047,311
2006-01-31 3,043,828 3,114,317
2007-01-31 3,847,631 3,753,902
2008-01-31 4,888,937 4,007,923
2009-01-31 3,952,030 4,821,482
2010-01-31 3,349,688 3,666,255
2011-01-31 3,526,117 3,613,326
2012-01-31 4,292,554 4,133,175
2013-01-31 4,608,166 4,954,297
2014-01-31 4,107,087 3,980,354
2015-01-31 3,609,273 4,093,593
2016-01-31 4,127,759 3,257,630
2017-01-31 2,858,161 2,730,003
2017-03-31 57,751 1,278,949
2018-03-31 2,987,000 2,977,000
2019-03-31 1,703,000 1,490,000
2020-03-31 1,399,000 908,000
2021-03-31 609,000 517,000
2022-02-03 Removed
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Sparks Charity

GB-CHC-1003825

Charity people

Back to contents
2021
£
2020
£
Employees - -
Employees paid more than £60,000 - -
Volunteers 9 74
Trustees 2
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Sparks Charity

GB-CHC-1003825

Statement of Financial Activities

Back to contents

Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2021
£000s
2020
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 529.0 814.0
Legacies - 3.0
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 529.0 817.0
Income from charitable activities 72.0 219.0
Income from other trading activities 1.0 345.0
Income from investments 7.0 18.0
Other income - -
Total 609.0 1,399.0
Expenditure
Investment management 2.0 3.0
Other spending on raising funds 192.0 474.0
Spending on raising funds 194.0 477.0
Grants to institutions 278.0 352.0
Other charitable activities 45.0 79.0
Charitable activities 323.0 431.0
Other spending - -
Total 517.0 908.0
Net income / (expenditure) 92.0 491.0

Sparks Charity

GB-CHC-1003825

Balance sheet

Back to contents

Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2021
£000s
2020
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets - -
Investment assets - -
- -
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 55.0 6,116.0
Other current assets 23.0 315.0
78.0 6,431.0
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (16.0) (4,858.0)
Net current assets 62.0 1,573.0
Total assets less current liabilities 62.0 1,573.0
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year - (678.0)
Net assets 62.0 895.0
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds - (193.0)
Unrestricted funds 62.0 1,088.0
62.0 895.0

Sparks Charity

GB-CHC-1003825

Income from government

Back to contents

According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2021 (the latest year with data available) or 2020.

Sparks Charity

GB-CHC-1003825

Grants received

Back to contents

Received 11 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.

Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Rothschild Foundation
Special interest
£500
1 year
Grant to Great Ormond Street Hospital
Mar 2023 to Mar 2024
CareTech foundation
Match Fund Grants Fund FY22/23
£161 Match Funding Grant
Quartet Community Foundation
Donor Directed Grant
£200 Grant to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
Quartet Community Foundation
Donor Directed Grant
£250 Grant to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
Co-operative Group £2,500 Grant to The Naomi Fardell Fund on behalf of gt Ormond St, heartlink at Glenfield and kingfisher community care
Wolfson Foundation
Health and Disability
£50,000 Grant to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
Somerset Community Foundation
Grants to Groups
£20,000
1 year
Professor Shamima Rahman’s research into Mitochondrial Disease
Apr 2017 to Apr 2018
Wolfson Foundation
Science and Medicine
£1,500,000 Grant to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
Quartet Community Foundation
Donor Directed
£250 Grant to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity
Hazelhurst Trust
Health
£1,010 Grant

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

Sparks Charity

GB-CHC-1003825

Data sources

Back to contents

Find that Charity

Find that Charity Relationship Lookups

Last fetched from source: 2024-05-07

| Access data | Download data (csv)

Source for record links:

Companies House

Free Company Data Product

The Free Company Data Product is a downloadable data snapshot containing basic company data of live companies on the register. This snapshot is provided as ZIP files containing data in CSV format and is split into multiple files for ease of downloading.

Last fetched from source: 2024-05-04

Open Government Licence v3.0 | Access data | Download data

Source for records:

Office of Scottish Charity Regulator

Office of Scottish Charity Regulator Charity Register Download

Last fetched from source: 2024-05-02

Open Government Licence v2.0 | Access data | Download data

Source for records:

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Registered charities in England and Wales

Data download service provided by the Charity Commission

Last fetched from source: 2024-05-07

Open Government Licence v2.0 | Access data | Download data (zip)

Source for records:

Source for record links:

Research Organization Registry Community

Research Organization Registry

ROR (Research Organization Registry) is a community-led registry of open, sustainable, usable, and unique identifiers for every research organization in the world. ROR includes identifiers and metadata for more than 100,000 organizations. ROR identifiers are designed to link research organizations to research outputs in scholarly infrastructure. Search the ROR registry at https://ror.org/search.

Last fetched from source: 2024-05-07

Creative Commons Public Domain 1.0 International licence | Access data | Download data

Source for records:

Source for record links: