SAY APHASIA

Registered charity 1169933 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Say Aphasia is a charity that supports people living with aphasia. Aphasia is a communication disability which occurs when the communication centres of the brain are damaged. Say Aphasia offers drop-in groups based in the UK. The group is open for anyone with aphasia to attend. The groups provide an opportunity to socialise and meet other people experiencing similar challenges.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH APHASIA and associated acquired communication difficulties after a stroke, head injury or brain tumour AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH CHARITABLE SUPPORT AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF THERAPY, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION.

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash funds stood at £53,000 at the end of the period, while the trustees' policy aims to hold reserves of £30,000 to cover three months of costs. The charity reported total income of £123,837 and total payments of £103,289, resulting in a net increase in cash funds.

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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Say Aphasia (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Anton Jurgens Charitable trust — “Anton Jurgens Charitable trust Money received: £5,000” (source page)
• Two Ridings Community Foundation — “Two Ridings Community Foundation Money received: £2,500” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Garfield Weston Foundation Money received: £10,000” (source page)
• Somerset Community Foundation — “Somerset Community Foundation Money received: £3000” (source page)
• Burgess Hill Town Council — “Burgess Hill Town Council Money received: £500” (source page)
• Worcester City Council — “Worcester City Council Money received: £250” (source page)
• Darlington Lions Club — “Darlington Lions Club Paid for a day trip for our Darlington Say Aphasia group” (source page)
• Woodroffe Benton — “Woodroffe Benton Money received: £1,600” (source page)
• Brympton Parish Council — “Brympton Parish Council Money received: £394.11” (source page)
• The Pe bble Trust — “The Pe bble Trust Money received: £3,500” (source page)
• Oxfordshire County council — “Oxfordshire County council Money received: £3,568” (source page)
• Claire Milne Trust — “Claire Milne Trust Money received: £10,185” (source page)
• Cwmbran community council — “Cwmbran community council Money received: £1971.78” (source page)
• Chalk Cliff Trust — “Chalk Cliff Trust Money received: £5000” (source page)
• Brighthelmstone Lodge Freemasonry — “Brighthelmstone Lodge Freemasonry Money received: £800” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• COLIN LYALLchair
• Dr Catharine Swinburn
• Ian Kellar
• Ian Lyall
• Jeremy Hodgkinson

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DYSCOVER LIMITED.

• DYSCOVER LIMITED income £244k
• THE SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING FOUNDATION income £182k
• SAY IT LOUD CLUB income £129k
• ASPERGER EAST ANGLIA income £330k
• SPEAKEASY NOW income £202k
• ROYAL COLLEGE OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPISTS income £6.1m

Side by side with its peers

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