SPINE

Registered charity 1163910 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's principal activity was to relieve the charitable needs of and promote and project the good health of persons who are spinal cord injured and have been a patient at the Yorkshire Regional Spinal Injuries Centre.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF AND TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF PERSONS WHO ARE SPINAL CORD INJURED, IN PARTICULAR BY: 1 PROVIDING GUIDANCE, ADVICE AND OTHER SUPPORT TO THOSE WHO ARE SPINAL CORD INJURED, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS; 2 PROVIDING GUIDANCE, ADVICE AND OTHER SUPPORT TO STAFF AT HOSPITALS, SPINAL INJURY CENTRES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHICH TREAT OR OTHERWISE SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO ARE SPINAL CORD INJURED WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CARE, TREATMENT AND SUPPORT AVAILABLE; AND/OR 3 PROMOTING SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE WHO ARE SPINAL CORD INJURED FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AS A RESULT OF THEIR INJURY, RELIEVING THEIR NEEDS AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY SUPPORTING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES.

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: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£29k

Latest spending

£15k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total reserves of £42,863, an increase from £28,583 in the prior year. It had no employees during the period and incurred management and administration costs of £5,658 against incoming resources of £29,150. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the independent examiner.

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.

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.

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

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: 13

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

Volunteers: 11

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

Volunteers: 18

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

Trustees · trustee networks

JOHN KEVIN CLAYTON
Kevan Bernard Baker OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard William Caley

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · City Of York · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City · Kirklees · Leeds City · Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£29k	£15k
31/12/2024	£53k	£51k
31/12/2023	£70k	£71k
31/12/2022	£19k	£58k
31/12/2021	£88k	£72k

Common questions

Is SPINE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported total reserves of £42,863, an increase from £28,583 in the prior year. It had no employees during the period and incurred management and administration costs of £5,658 against incoming resources of £29,150. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the independent examiner. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	3	£10k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUST	3	£9k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	2	£31k
THE JAMES WEIR FOUNDATION	2	£8k
THE OAKDALE TRUST	2	£4k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£3k
THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£3k
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£400

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PINDERFIELDS SPINAL INJURIES CENTRE LIMITED.

PINDERFIELDS SPINAL INJURIES CENTRE LIMITED income £73k
THE NICHOLLS SPINAL INJURY FOUNDATION income £457k
STOKE MANDEVILLE SPINAL RESEARCH income £167k
THE SPINE FOUNDATION income £70k
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF SPINE SURGEONS income £96k
INTERNATIONAL SPINAL RESEARCH TRUST income £3.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SPINE	£29k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PINDERFIELDS SPINAL INJURIES CENTRE LIMITED FY2025	£73k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NICHOLLS SPINAL INJURY FOUNDATION FY2025	£457k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STOKE MANDEVILLE SPINAL RESEARCH FY2025	£167k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SPINE FOUNDATION FY2025	£70k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF SPINE SURGEONS FY2025	£96k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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