BRISTOL AFTER STROKE
Registered charity 1182124 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The objective of the charity is the support of those who have recovered from a stroke, their families and carers. The main activities to achieve this objective are information, advice and emotional support to individuals, the running of weekly social groups, provision of counselling and liaising with health professionals in the Bristol and South Gloucestershire areas.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £34,389 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. The trustees note that unrestricted free reserves were below the stated policy target at year-end but confirm this was corrected in the following months, leaving the charity in a solid financial position.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: one-third of projected annual unrestricted expenditure (held: £131k)
“The Charity’s policy is to aim to maintain the level of unrestricted free reserves at an amount above one-third of projected annual unrestricted expenditure which this year was £471,582 (one third is £157,194).” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bristol After Stroke (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- RASHID-FADEL, Tabinda — director, appointed 03/06/2025not on trustee list
- CORFIELD, Richard — director, appointed 03/06/2025on trustee list
- SMETHURST, Claire, Dr — director, appointed 15/11/2023on trustee list
- KNOWLES, Paul Victor — director, appointed 15/11/2022on trustee list
- EXELL, David — director, appointed 13/01/2020on trustee list
- HILL, Michael George Stephen — director, appointed 01/01/2020on trustee list
- SCOTT, Peter John — director, appointed 01/01/2020on trustee list
- HILL, Stephen John — director, appointed 08/02/2019on trustee list
Official officers record.
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (04/05/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- David Exell
- Dr Claire Smethurst
- Michael Hill
- Paul Knowles
- Peter Scott
- Professor Stephen Hill
- Richard Corfield
- Tabinda Rashid - Fadel
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BRISTOL AFTER STROKE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £34,389 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. The trustees note that unrestricted free reserves were below the stated policy target at year-end but confirm this was corrected in the following months, leaving the charity in a solid financial position. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds BRISTOL AFTER STROKE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BRISTOL AFTER STROKE as a grant recipient include JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION, THE BURDEN TRUST, THE ANCHOR SOCIETY CIO.
Known funders
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