THE BACK-UP TRUST

Registered charity 1072216 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BACK UP · also registered in Scotland as SC040577 (OSCR)

Back Up is a national charity that has helped thousands of people of all ages and backgrounds rebuild their confidence and independence following a devastating spinal cord injury (SCI). Our rehabilitative services are run by people with SCI. We believe SCI should not prevent anyone from fulfilling their potential. Our services inspire people to look forward to a more positive future.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £1,926,317, with unrestricted funds at £982,649, which is slightly below the trustees' agreed reserves target of £1,100,000. However, the trustees confirm that unrestricted funds have subsequently increased above the agreed level and are confident the charity can continue to operate for the next 12 months.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Back Up (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Abigail Lock — Chief Executive (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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Big Yellow Foundation — “Their support has allowed us to reduce our costs and also help us ensure people with a spinal cord injury and have the same opportunities to…” (source page)
• Sage — “Sage a leader in online accounting software have supported Back Up for the past three years after receiving a grant donation from them.” (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 ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (37% 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: 26.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan John Cook
• Annelore Annemie Hill-Verhaegen
• Damian James Riley
• Gordon James Craig
• Grace Jessie Spence Green
• Harmesh Chauhan
• LOUISE CLAIRE JOLLIFFE
• Meryl Anne Bushell
• Paul John Fairhurst · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard John Rawstron
• Thomas Roberts

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NATIONAL BACK PAIN ASSOCIATION.

• NATIONAL BACK PAIN ASSOCIATION income £255k
• Backup Tech income £352k
• THE NICHOLLS SPINAL INJURY FOUNDATION income £262k
• INTERNATIONAL SPINAL RESEARCH TRUST income £3.4m
• BOUNCE BACK FOUNDATION income £2.8m
• BUPA FOUNDATION income £3.0m

Side by side with its peers

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