Lincs Inspire

Registered charity 1169071 · since 2016lincsinspire.com·Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

Lincs Inspire's stated grant giving is for schools and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, to help bring young people to live performances, so a request fits best if it is for that purpose.
Its annual report and website give no grant amounts or grant range, so ask the charity what size of request it can consider before you set a figure.
No way to apply is published, so contact the charity to ask how it takes requests before you write a full application.
Its annual report and website do not say how many applicants it receives or what timing it works to, so ask about this at the same time.

Overview

Lincs Inspire is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1169071).

Lincs Inspire is a registered charity that describes itself as a charitable trust bringing leisure, sport, entertainment and library services to local communities, with surplus funds reinvested in its charitable aims. It was originally formed by North East Lincolnshire Council to support the sustainability of key public sport, leisure and cultural services. Its stated purpose is improving people's lives and wellbeing by creating more inclusive places to live, work and visit. Its stated grant giving supports schools and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector in bringing young people to live performances. Its Charity Commission registered area of operation is North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Lincs Inspire describes itself as a charitable trust bringing leisure, sport, entertainment and library services to local communities, with surplus funds reinvested in its charitable aims. Its stated grant giving is for schools and the VCSE sector to help bring young people to live performances. The wider work it describes includes sports and active leisure, inclusive and accessible community activities, health and wellbeing programmes, public library and archive services, and live cultural experiences. Its approach emphasises community engagement, working with local partners who share its values and purpose, accessibility and putting resources where they achieve the best community impact.

Themes

Young people's live performances

How to apply

No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Lincs Inspire.

Lincolnshire Community FoundationMixed deadlinesGave £3.3M Worth Waynflete FoundationRollingGave £519k CVS LincolnshireRolling Community Vision CioMixed deadlinesGave £372k Shine LincolnshireFixed deadlines Charity of Sir Richard WhittingtonNo public processGave £5.3M Medlock Charitable TrustRollingGave £4.3M The David Wilson FoundationInvitation onlyGave £480k Citizens Advice LincolnshireNo public processGave £291k The Lincolnshire Agricultural SocietyInvitation onlyGave £6,626

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£7,236,487	£7,057,874	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£8,925,263	£8,891,284	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£9,904,966	£9,835,038	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£9,679,699	£9,311,710	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£10,597,167	£10,010,265	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 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.