SPINAL INJURIES ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1054097 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q48967561 · also known as SIA

SIA is a national charity working on behalf of spinal cord injured people tohelp, support, advise and campaign on all aspects of spinal cord injury.

Objects

THE ASSOCIATION'S OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS') ARE TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF ALL SPINAL CORD INJURED PEOPLE AND TO PROMOTE THEIR INTEGRATION AND FULL PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY BY ENCOURAGING AND ENABLING THEM TO BECOME FULFILLED AND IN CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE TO INCLUDE BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:3.1 THE PROVISION OF QUALITY SERVICES, PUBLICATIONS, INFORMATION, TRAINING COURSES AND SUPPORT TO ALL SPINAL CORD INJURED PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS FROM THE MOMENT OF INJURY ONWARDS3.2 ENCOURAGING SPINAL CORD INJURED PEOPLE TO TAKE UP MEMBERSHIP OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF THEIR NEEDS AND CONCERNS3.3 PROMOTING AND CARRYING OUT OR ASSIST IN PROMOTING AND CARRYING OUT MEDICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF SPINAL CORD INJURY AND SUPPORTING AND COLLABORATING WITH OTHER PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN THE FIELD3.4 PROMOTING AND CARRYING OUT OR ASSIST IN PROMOTING AND CARRYING OUT RESEARCH INTO AND DEVELOPMENT OF EQUIPMENT THAT WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR SPINAL CORD INJURED PEOPLE THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS3.5 RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS AND WELFARE OF THOSE WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ITS CAUSES AND THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES3.6 SEEKING THE REDUCTION IN PARALYSIS DUE TO SPINAL CORD INJURY3.7 ESTABLISHING THE RIGHT OF ACCESS FOR EVERY SPINAL CORD INJURED PERSON TO THE SPECIALISED MEDICAL EXPERTISE AND ONGOING SUPPORT FROM A SPINAL CORD INJURIES CENTRE3.8 TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTS NATIONALLY, INTERNATIONALLY AND LOCALLY AND TO THAT END MAY BRING TOGETHER IN CONFERENCE REPRESENTATIVES OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, OTHER BODIES WHETHER INCORPORATED OR NOT AND INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS3.9 TO COLLECT AND PUBLISH INFORMATION REGARDING THE WELFARE OF SPINAL CORD INJURED PEOPLE AND REGARDING THE PREVENTION OF SPINAL CORD INJURY AND EXCHANGE SUCH INFORMATION WITH OTHER BODIES HAVING SIMILAR OBJECTS WHETHER IN THIS COUNTRY OR OVERSEASIN THIS ARTICLE 3 “SPINAL CORD INJURED” OR “SPINAL CORD INJURY” ALSO INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME, SPINA BIFIDA AND TRANSVERSE MYELITIS.THROUGHOUT THE ARTICLES “CHARITABLE” MEANS CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES PROVIDED THAT IT WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY PURPOSE THAT IS NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Milton Keynes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a planned deficit of £100,095 for the year, which was managed through the strategic use of designated reserves. The trustees confirm that free unrestricted reserves of £1.160 million remain within the stated policy target range of £1.1 million to £1.4 million, ensuring sufficient resources to meet liabilities as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Spinal Injuries Association (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• James Dyson Foundation — “This Summer we are giving you, our members and supporters, a chance to win one of our fantastic prizes kindly donated by the James Dyson Fou…” (source page)
• Eurostar International Limited — “This Summer we are giving you, our members and supporters, a chance to win one of our fantastic prizes kindly donated by the James Dyson Fou…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/11/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/12/1997) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Henderson
• Faisal Hussain
• Gareth Hillier
• Ian Bancroft Anderson
• James Wood
• Paul Williams
• Richard John Brindley
• Sarah Georgina Ashby
• Stephanie Whitmore

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPINE.

• SPINE income £29k
• THE NICHOLLS SPINAL INJURY FOUNDATION income £457k
• NATIONAL AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS SOCIETY income £1.1m
• INTERNATIONAL SPINAL RESEARCH TRUST income £3.4m
• ASPIRE ( ASSOCIATION FOR SPINAL INJURY RESEARCH REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION ) income £3.9m
• SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE income £6.2m

Side by side with its peers

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