SAMEYOU

Registered charity 1170102 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ANIMA FOUNDATION

To act as a catalyst to cause significant change in the recovery and rehabilitation for Young adults following Brain Injury and Stroke. Working with other organisations and charities in the UK and overseas to facilitate a change to the pathway of care by taking a holistic approach to rehabilitation of Brain, Body and Mind.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£232k
Latest spending
£241k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held minimal unrestricted reserves of £347 at year-end, which is not sufficient to provide meaningful financial resilience. The trustees acknowledge a decline in donations and note that overheads were previously too high, leading to staff reductions and a review of activities. While the charity is continuing its work, the trustees have identified the need to rebuild reserves through improved fundraising and cost management as a priority.

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.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2021)

Total income
£523k
Total spending
£530k
Reserves (reported)
£94k
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£232k£241k
30/09/2024£305k£302k
30/09/2023£359k£363k
30/09/2022£408k£526k
30/09/2021£523k£530k

Common questions

Is SAMEYOU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held minimal unrestricted reserves of £347 at year-end, which is not sufficient to provide meaningful financial resilience. The trustees acknowledge a decline in donations and note that overheads were previously too high, leading to staff reductions and a review of activities. While the charity is continuing its work, the trustees have identified the need to rebuild reserves through improved fundraising and cost management as a priority. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SAMEYOU?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SAMEYOU as a grant recipient include HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£43kGrant
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SAMEYOU£232k—0unclear—no doubt
HEADWAY MILTON KEYNES LIMITED FY2024£134k—0unclear—no doubt
The Stroke and Wellness Foundation FY2025£321k—0unclear—no doubt
HEADWAY SOUTHAMPTON FY2025£416k—0unclear—no doubt
HEADWAY NORFOLK AND WAVENEY LTD FY2024£1.1m—0below—material uncertainty
Headway London - Brain Injury Services FY2025£2.5m——unclear—no doubt

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