SUCCESS AFTER STROKE

Registered charity 1115016 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S.A.S.

Offering relief, support and benefit to those suffering from the effects of a stroke and living in the counties of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, by the provision of a range of facilities and activities, so that their condition of life may be improved.

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Latest income

£37k

Latest spending

£216k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is winding down and transferring all activities and assets to a successor organization, resulting in minimal operational activity for most of the year. Per the trustees' report, the charity held £179,000 in reserves at the start of the year but ended with only £142 in cash after transferring £182,754 to the new charity. The trustees note that the charity will continue to operate only until remaining donor and member subscriptions are transferred.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £142; policy: any reserves are paid over to the new successor charity)

“In view of the intended cessation of the charity the trustees reserves policy is that any reserves are paid over to the new successor charity.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“In view of the intended cessation of the charity the trustees reserves policy is that any reserves are paid over to the new successor charity.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

HILARY SPIVEYchair · trustee of 3 other charities
AILEEN VIVIEN BOURNE · trustee of 1 other charity
Elizabeth Sally Alston · trustee of 1 other charity
GEOFFREY DAVID BOURNE · trustee of 1 other charity
RICHARD CHARLES LOGAN FURLONGER · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£37k	£216k
31/12/2024	£147k	£154k
31/12/2023	£114k	£90k
31/12/2022	£125k	£92k
31/12/2021	£52k	£65k

Common questions

Is SUCCESS AFTER STROKE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is winding down and transferring all activities and assets to a successor organization, resulting in minimal operational activity for most of the year. Per the trustees' report, the charity held £179,000 in reserves at the start of the year but ended with only £142 in cash after transferring £182,754 to the new charity. The trustees note that the charity will continue to operate only until remaining donor and member subscriptions are transferred. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/08/2018	£9k	Volunteering, Social & Wellbeing Support Project