Spark Inside

Analysis

Spark Inside is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07984016). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Spark Inside reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.2m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £787k to £1.5m (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Spark Inside sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include First Steps Nursery (£1.5m), Higham Hall College (£1.5m) and Mantell Gwynedd Cyf (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 77%, charitable activities 21% and investments 2.1%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 3.5%. Reserves of £859k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.