THE SILVERLININGCHARITY

Registered charity 1157749 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SILVER LINING

The Silverlining Charity activities are centered around our members and their needs/aspirations. We have created the STAR (Structured Therapeutic Activity for Rehabilitation) programme. This is a free weekly schedule of online activities, sessions and courses that run term times through the year. We also provide direct face to face activities in the community which are low cost accessible to all

Objects

THE RELIEF OF BRAIN-INJURED PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN THE UK BY:1) RAISING AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS OF BRAIN-INJURED PEOPLE IN THE UK2) ORGANISING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES INVOLVING BRAIN-INJURED PEOPLE WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT3) IDENTIFYING AND SUPPORTING WAYS OF HELPING THE FAMILIES OF BRAIN-INJURED PEOPLE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £42,383 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted free reserves standing at £161,582. This figure significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of holding between £35,000 and £40,000 in unrestricted funds. The trustees confirmed there are no concerns regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr SHERRIE BAEHRchair
• John Andrew Scorah
• Kathryn BARRY
• Peter Messervy
• Ross Andrew McDonald
• Suzanne Trask

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Birmingham City · Brighton And Hove · Bristol City · Cardiff · East Sussex · Kent · Oxfordshire · Surrey · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• ACTIVE LINCOLNSHIRE income £1.0m
• HAMARA HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE income £2.6m
• PATCHWORK PROJECT income £263k
• TWINS TRUST LTD income £1.3m
• SONSHINE CLUB income £137k
• SILVERLINE MEMORIES CIO income £222k

Side by side with its peers

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