EveryStory Charity

Registered charity 1035083 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEWISHAM NEXUS SERVICE

EveryStory supports people with learning disabilities and complex needs to live in their community in the Boroughs of Lewisham, Bromley and Southwark.

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Latest income

£9.0m

Latest spending

£9.3m

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £301,935 for the year ended 31 March 2025, an increase from the previous year's deficit of £233,774. Despite the operating loss, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1.86 million and cash of £1,979,586, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain the organization as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 - £69,999 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was £60,000 or more were: £60,000 - £69,999 2” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“The number of employees whose annual remuneration was £60,000 or more were: £60,000 - £69,999 2” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: at least 2 months of annual income (held: £1.9m)

“The charity's policy is to hold at least 2 months of annual income to enable the organisation to survive in the event of a “market shock”” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Aurora Nexus Service Limited

“Shares in group undertakings comprise the following 100% owned subsidiary undertakings: Aurora Nexus Service Limited, a company registered in England. The principal activity of the company is that of social work activity.” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (FY2024) → 2 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02786035

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Gill Bryant — Chief Executive Officer (source)
James Radford — Board Chair (source)
Fahmeeda Amode — Director of Finance and Housing (source)
Stephen O’Brien — Director of Operations and Development (source)
Michelle Jewell — Director of Resource and Governance (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

WOODS, Deborah Anne — director, appointed 06/05/2026on trustee list
EVES, Matthew Joel — director, appointed 06/05/2026on trustee list
FLINT, Victoria Emily — director, appointed 06/05/2026on trustee list
KNIGHT, Naomi Hannah Petch — director, appointed 06/05/2026on trustee list
MALIK, Irfana — director, appointed 10/09/2025on trustee list
BAIRD, Jessamy Rachel Katherine — director, appointed 27/03/2025not on trustee list
DESAI, Hetal Bipin — director, appointed 27/03/2025on trustee list
RADFORD, James Gavin — director, appointed 27/03/2025on trustee list
YOUNG, Jean — director, appointed 01/11/2021on trustee list
JEWELL, Michelle — secretary, appointed 04/12/2023

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: EveryStory Charity — Registered, 4 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 20/01/2020.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£9.0m

Total spending

£9.3m

Reserves (reported)

£1.3m

Employees

231

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Everystory Branch 1: Outstanding (21/12/2018) · CQC record

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Deborah Anne Woods
Emily Victoria Flint
Hetal Desai
Irfana Malik
James Gavin Radford
Jessamy Rachel Katherine Baird MBE
Matthew Joel Eves
Naomi Hannah Petch Knight

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bromley · Lewisham · Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£9.0m	£9.3m
31/03/2024	£8.7m	£8.9m
31/03/2023	£8.0m	£8.1m
31/03/2022	£5.4m	£4.4m
31/03/2021	£2.3m	£2.3m

Common questions

Is EveryStory Charity financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £301,935 for the year ended 31 March 2025, an increase from the previous year's deficit of £233,774. Despite the operating loss, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1.86 million and cash of £1,979,586, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain the organization as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

What does the highest-paid employee of EveryStory Charity earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 - £69,999 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£240k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	2	£35k
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	—
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£450k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST	1	£125k
THE BLYTH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£75k
GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITED	1	£60k
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION	1	£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Learning Disability Network London Limited.

Learning Disability Network London Limited income £22.7m
EVERY YOUTH income £1.1m
STEP BY STEP LONDON income £1.6m
YOURSTORY LTD income £247k
THE GRACE EYRE FOUNDATION income £12.7m
ORDINARY LIFESTYLES income £3.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EveryStory Charity	£9.0m	£60,000 - £69,999	2	unclear	—	no doubt
Learning Disability Network London Limited FY2025	£22.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EVERY YOUTH FY2024	£1.1m	£70,001 - £80,000	—	above	14.8%	no doubt
STEP BY STEP LONDON FY2025	£1.6m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
YOURSTORY LTD FY2024	£247k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE GRACE EYRE FOUNDATION FY2025	£12.7m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.