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Supporting People Achieving Real Choice

A Registered Charity based in England

This organisation's identifier is GB-CHC-1060095 .
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Description

SPARC is a charity which supports people with learning disabilities.We were first formed in July 1995.Our services in the recent past have been in the area of employment and training in independent travel skills.SPARC's main current areas of activity are concerned with personal safety training and improving the health and welfare of our members.

Also known as

  • Sparc
  • SPARC (Supporting People Achieving Real Choice)
  • The Special Persons Advice and Research Council
  • Supporting People Achieving Real Choice
  • Supporting People Achieving Real Choice
  • Supporting People Achieving Real Choice (SPARC)
  • Supporting People Achieving Real Choice [SPARC]
  • Supporting People Achieving Real Choice(SPARC)

CCEW Charity number

1060095

Registered

Postcode

L18 1HU

Website

sparccharity.co.uk

Latest income

£51,914 (on )

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

Supporting People Achieving Real Choice

GB-CHC-1060095

Locations

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

Area of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

Supporting People Achieving Real Choice

GB-CHC-1060095

Themes and activities

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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.

  • Services for people with disabilities D13

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 » People with learning disabilities BE110
  • Beneficiary group BE » People with disabilities BE200
  • Economic and community development EC » Unemployment EC107
  • Education ED » Training ED300
  • Education ED » Training ED300 » Employability training ED302
  • Health HE

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • Disability 104
  • Economic/community Development/employment 113

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • People With Disabilities 203

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Human Resources 304
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307

Scale of operation

  • National

Supporting People Achieving Real Choice

GB-CHC-1060095

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1997-01-11 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 67,537 49,866
2005-03-31 50,969 75,989
2006-03-31 103,450 95,778
2007-03-31 110,283 111,936
2008-03-31 146,939 113,256
2009-03-31 15,081 50,734
2010-03-31 11,562 22,909
2011-03-31 251 8,593
2012-03-31 24,878 18,997
2013-03-31 35,190 35,685
2014-03-31 73,489 57,837
2015-03-31 92,857 89,102
2016-03-31 63,899 75,632
2017-03-31 37,120 37,928
2018-03-31 12,329 24,329
2019-03-31 45,504 37,202
2020-03-31 50,136 49,362
2021-03-31 61,878 48,824
2022-03-31 44,804 51,261
2023-03-31 51,914 41,615
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.

Supporting People Achieving Real Choice

GB-CHC-1060095

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees paid more than £60,000 - -
Volunteers 12 12
Trustees 10
Employees
Volunteers

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

Supporting People Achieving Real Choice

GB-CHC-1060095

Income from government

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According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2023 (the latest year with data available) or 2022.

Supporting People Achieving Real Choice

GB-CHC-1060095

Grants received

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Received 14 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.

Date Funder Amount awarded Description
People's Health Trust
Active Communities
£18,636
1 year
The "Picture This" project
Jun 2023 to Jun 2024
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales
Variation
£2,250 One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Supporting People Achieving Real Choice (SPARC)
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales
Renew
£50,000
2 years
Grant to Supporting People Achieving Real Choice (SPARC)
Sep 2021 to Sep 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,700 Coronavirus Community Support Fund
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales
COVID19 Grant
£33,000
1 year
Grant to Supporting People Achieving Real Choice (SPARC)
Jun 2020 to May 2021
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All
£10,000
1 year
The "Future You" Project
Jul 2018 to Jul 2019
People's Health Trust
Active Communities
£22,080
1 year
The Rock The Mock [RTM] project
Sep 2018 to Nov 2019
The National Lottery Community Fund £10,000 The Future You Project
People's Health Trust
Active Communities
£28,009
1 year
SPARC Active
Sep 2014 to Nov 2015
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales
XA3 - Community
£21,500
2 years
Grant to SPARC (Supporting People Achieving Real Choice)
Jun 2013 to Jun 2015

Data source

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

National Lottery grants data comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who publish the National Lottery grants database.

This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.

  • The National Lottery (1 grant) | Licence

Supporting People Achieving Real Choice

GB-CHC-1060095

Data sources

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

Registered charities in England and Wales

Data download service provided by the Charity Commission

Last fetched from source: 2024-05-16

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