DERBYSHIRE STROKE & NEURO THERAPY CENTRE

Registered charity 1183603 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DERBYSHIRE STROKE CENTRE, Derbyshire Stroke & Dementia Centre

We provide opportunities for stroke survivors and carers to meet and support each other. We have afully accessible gym to allow survivors and carers to exercise in a safe and supportive environment. Wehave a wide range of activities that are fully inclusive such as aromatherapy, chair basedexercise sessions, arts and crafts, cooking, and singing and music therapy.

Objects

1) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH THE EFFECTS OF A STROKE OR NEUROLOGICAL HEALTH CONDITION (SURVIVORS AND CARERS).2) TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS AS A RESULT OF A STROKE OR NEUROLOGICAL HEALTH CONDITION OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR REHABILITATION AND RECREATION.3) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF FAMILIES AFFECTED BY STROKE OR NEUROLOGICAL HEALTH CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.4) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING STROKE AND NEUROLOGICAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.5) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY STROKE OR NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, SUPPORT SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's finances have been more stable in 2024, with service user income rising due to price increases. However, the trustees report a significant rent increase from £416 to £3,600 per month, noting that a change in working methods is required to ensure the organisation remains sustainable.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 28.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (22/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jeremy Coxchair
• Jennifer Whitmore
• Karon Steele
• Roger Thorpe
• Vanessa Browes

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Chilterns Neuro Centre Ltd.

• Chilterns Neuro Centre Ltd income £1.8m
• NEURO THERAPY CENTRE LTD income £1.1m
• The Stroke and Wellness Foundation income £321k
• Harlow Stroke Support, Rehab Centre income £106k
• SWINDON THERAPY CENTRE FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS income £211k
• NORTH YORKSHIRE MUSIC THERAPY CENTRE income £77k

Side by side with its peers

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