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.

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.

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

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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