SUCCESS STORIES

Registered charity 1173522 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Success Stories was set up to advance and relieve the needs of disadvantaged children and parents through the provision of educational, recreational & leisure programmes provided in the interest of social & academic needs and welfare, designed to improve their circumstances of life. The charity is also known as " Chayim Shel Torah " which is also part of the activities of the charity.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Latest income
£507k
Latest spending
£606k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £99,296 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £105,997 to £6,701. The trustees consider the current balance of £6,701 to be an acceptable level of reserves given the nature of revenue receipts against grants payable. The charity received £506,945 in donations and paid out £606,241 in charitable activities and grants.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of direct charitable expenditure (held: £7k)
“This is estimated to be six months of direct charitable expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£507k
Total spending
£606k
Reserves (reported)
£7k
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£507k£606k
30/06/2024£481k£378k
30/06/2023£746k£752k
30/06/2022£726k£1.1m
30/06/2021£947k£653k

Common questions

Is SUCCESS STORIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £99,296 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £105,997 to £6,701. The trustees consider the current balance of £6,701 to be an acceptable level of reserves given the nature of revenue receipts against grants payable. The charity received £506,945 in donations and paid out £606,241 in charitable activities and grants. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SUCCESS STORIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SUCCESS STORIES as a grant recipient include CROWNHOST LIMITED, MELCREN LIMITED, BASINGVIEW TRUST LIMITED, NER FOUNDATION, SELLATA LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CROWNHOST LIMITEDFY2022£357k
CROWNHOST LIMITEDFY2023£320k
MELCREN LIMITEDFY2025£49k
MELCREN LIMITEDFY2023£43k
CROWNHOST LIMITEDFY2024£40k
CROWNHOST LIMITEDFY2025£32k
BASINGVIEW TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£14krelief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of Jewish religion and the advancement of Jewish religious edu
NER FOUNDATIONFY2024£14k
SELLATA LIMITEDFY2023£13k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITEDFY2024£10k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITEDFY2023£10k
GEFEN FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
STARVIEW CHARITYFY2022£8k
SELLATA LIMITEDFY2025£6k
TRUEDENE CO LIMITEDFY2025£5kgeneral charitable purposes including the advancement of education and the relief of poverty
STARVIEW CHARITYFY2024£5k
THE AA TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE FRIENDS OF MAASSE TSEDOKOHFY2022£4k
STARVIEW CHARITYFY2023£3k
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
GEFEN FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£236
SELLATA LIMITEDFY2024£0
THE KNIGHTLAND FOUNDATIONFY2025£0
BESIYATAFY2024£0Grants to institutions
BESIYATAFY2025£0
NER FOUNDATIONFY2025£0
KOLLEL AND CO LIMITEDFY2022£0The advancement of education and religion
SELLATA LIMITEDFY2026£0
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/05/2021£10kLet`s INTERACT with TACT
UK government21/09/2020£8kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
London Borough of Hackney10/12/2019£5kGrant to Success Stories
Hackney Council10/12/2019£5kGrant to Success Stories
The National Lottery Community Fund15/10/2018£10kEmpowering Socially Challenged Children

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 SUCCESS LIFE AFTER CURE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SUCCESS STORIES£507k—0unclear—no doubt
SUCCESS LIFE AFTER CURE LIMITED FY2025£225k—0unclear—no doubt
SUCCESS CLUB CIO FY2025£345k—0above—no doubt
SUCCESS4ALL CIO FY2025£125k—0above—no doubt
BEIS YAAKOV LONDON SEMINARY FY2025£692k—0unclear—no doubt
YOURSTORY LTD FY2024£247k—0below—no doubt

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