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.

Objects

TO OFFER 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.

Area of benefit: ESSEX, SUFFOLK AND NORFOLK

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: Babergh, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

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

“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.

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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 25

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 15

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

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

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

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 HAWTHORNE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£21k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£20k
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION	2	£13k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement	2	£8k
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUST	2	£1k
PROJECT GIVING BACK	1	£418k
THE ROAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£180k
THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£160k

Charities like this

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

SUCCESS AFTER STROKE income £306k
BRISTOL AFTER STROKE income £463k
STROKE ASSOCIATION income £44.4m
DIFFERENT STROKES (TRUSTEES) LIMITED income £486k
STROKE CARE FOR NEWBURY AND WEST BERKSHIRE income £60k
STROKE INFORMATION income £26k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SUCCESS AFTER STROKE	£37k	—	0	below	—	noted
SUCCESS AFTER STROKE FY2025	£306k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRISTOL AFTER STROKE FY2025	£463k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STROKE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£44.4m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
DIFFERENT STROKES (TRUSTEES) LIMITED FY2025	£486k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STROKE CARE FOR NEWBURY AND WEST BERKSHIRE FY2025	£60k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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