APHASIA RE-CONNECT

Registered charity 1176125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

At Aphasia Re-Connect we make sure that people with aphasia are at the centre of everything we do, working in equal partnership, to develop and deliver services for people experiencing communication disability. Building on their strengths, life experience, and expertise in living with aphasia, they take on roles as peer supporters, advisors, peer befrienders, peer trainers and trustees.

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Latest income

£90k

Latest spending

£83k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £32,009 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing to £71,539. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £70,539 are sufficient to cover the charity's budgeted income and expenditure for the next 12 months, with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. The charity's reserves policy aims to maintain no more than six months of annual budget as reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no more than 6 months of its annual budget as reserves (held: £71k)

“The charity would work towards maintaining no more than 6 months of its annual budget as reserves.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Aphasia Re-Connect (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Namrata Waliachair
Dr Filip Bircanin
John Sayers
PROFESSOR RUTH SOETENDORP
Paul Lawrence Sayers
Simon Horton
William David Noble

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£90k	£83k
31/03/2025	£55k	£87k
31/03/2024	£80k	£67k
31/03/2023	£63k	£59k
31/03/2022	£72k	£63k

Common questions

Is APHASIA RE-CONNECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £32,009 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing to £71,539. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £70,539 are sufficient to cover the charity's budgeted income and expenditure for the next 12 months, with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. The charity's reserves policy aims to maintain no more than six months of annual budget as reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds APHASIA RE-CONNECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name APHASIA RE-CONNECT as a grant recipient include M AND C TRUST, LONDON CATALYST, JEREMY ALEXANDER SETTLEMENT.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
M AND C TRUST	FY2023	£5k
M AND C TRUST	FY2022	£5k
LONDON CATALYST	FY2023	£2k	For an information records management and administrative support service provided by Attend.
JEREMY ALEXANDER SETTLEMENT	FY2022	£54
JEREMY ALEXANDER SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£0

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City Bridge Foundation	01/08/2023	£50k	Grant to Aphasia Re-Connect
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/09/2021	£9k	Aphasia Re-Connect: reducing isolation and loneliness for people with aphasia
UK government	09/09/2020	£9k	VSCE CMC Fund
UK government	18/08/2020	£3k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/06/2019	£10k	Aphasia Re-Connect opportunities