Aspire Ryde

Registered charity 1163336 · since 2015aspireryde.org.uk·Isle of Wight·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

Aspire Ryde's stated priority area is the Isle of Wight, and its themes (mental health, loneliness and isolation, poverty and financial instability, education and upskilling, safe welcoming spaces, and housing and homelessness) are where it says it works, so check whether your project fits one of them.
Neither its annual report nor its register entry gives a readable grants total or any grant range, so you cannot tell from them how much it gives, and a clearly costed request with the amount raised in your first contact is the safest approach.
No application process is published in the annual report, the register entry or its website, so start by using the contact shown on its website to ask how to apply and whether it makes grants to outside organisations.
Its register entry records no grants to institutions for the year it shows, and it describes itself as delivering support directly, so do not assume an open grant round exists.

Overview

Aspire Ryde is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1163336).

Aspire Ryde is a community organisation on the Isle of Wight that began when a local couple noticed the closure of a large Victorian church near their home and asked the Anglican Church whether they could use the building for a Christian community project. It exists to advance the Christian faith through mission, in partnership with other Christian churches, for the benefit of the public, and to build the capacity and skills of socially and economically disadvantaged communities on the Isle of Wight. It says it continues to provide over 8000 free meals a year to those who need them. Its programmes cover mental health, loneliness and isolation, poverty and financial instability, education and upskilling, safe welcoming spaces, and housing and homelessness.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Aspire Ryde is a community organisation on the Isle of Wight supporting local people of all ages and backgrounds. Its stated strategic priorities are mental health, loneliness and isolation, poverty and financial instability, education and upskilling, safe, welcoming spaces, and housing and homelessness. It delivers support directly through food support, wellbeing activities, youth and creative programmes, a community café, soft play and volunteering opportunities. Its services also include affordable play for children and young families, meals for people who need them, and help for people facing isolation, financial issues or physical or mental health needs. Aspire works with partner organisations to bring people and services together. It describes its approach as creating welcoming, inclusive spaces that promote wellbeing, reduce isolation and build community, with activities shaped by local needs.

Themes

Mental health
Loneliness and isolation
Poverty and financial instability
Education and upskilling
Safe, welcoming spaces
Housing and homelessness

Geographic Focus

Priority: Isle of Wight.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Isle of Wight

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Aspire Ryde.

Herapath Shenton TrustRollingGave £478k The Manly TrustRollingGave £119k The Fusion21 FoundationInvitation onlyGave £1.1M Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £1.1M Hfc (uk)Fixed deadlinesGave £236k Isle of Wight FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £90,000 John Swire 1989 Charitable TrustInvitation onlyGave £3.2M Lady Monica Cockfield Memorial TrustInvitation onlyGave £76,591 Manx Lottery TrustMixed deadlinesGave £600k The Willats TrustFixed deadlinesGave £365k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£442,550	£393,794	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£978,430	£953,105	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£1,203,205	£1,263,682	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£1,613,496	£1,245,180	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£1,544,463	£1,378,102	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.