DIFFERENT STROKES (TRUSTEES) LIMITED

Registered charity 1092168 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DIFFERENT STROKES · also registered in Scotland as SC044190 (OSCR)

To help stroke survivors of below retirement age optimise their recovery & take control of their lives by offering rehabilitative services, information & advice.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a planned deficit of £117,861 for the year, resulting in a net movement in funds of £89,813. Per the trustees' report, the charity's free reserves of £355,034 comfortably exceed the stated policy target of six months' running costs (£249,030). The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Different Strokes (Trustees) Limited (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~14.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ranj Singh Parmarchair
• Catherine Bell
• Catherine Victoria Carey
• Christopher John Henry · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Satinder Sanghera MB BCh · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL ALAN CAINES
• RICHARD DJAN-KROFA

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• STROKE ASSOCIATION income £44.4m
• The Stroke and Wellness Foundation income £321k
• STRODE PARK FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES income £13.0m
• BRISTOL AFTER STROKE income £463k
• LEGS income £214k
• STOKE MANDEVILLE SPINAL RESEARCH income £167k

Side by side with its peers

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