Lincs Inspire Limited

Analysis

Lincs Inspire Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Grimsby. It was registered in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08293679). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lincs Inspire Limited reported income of £10.6m and spending of £10.0m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7.2m to £10.6m (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lincs Inspire Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Signhealth (£10.6m), Infocus Charity (£10.6m) and Cope Childrens Trust (£10.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 45%, trading 26%, donations and legacies 24% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 24%. Reserves of £2.6m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 452 people.