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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

INTERACT STROKE SUPPORT

InterAct Stroke Support takes professional actors into hospitals and stroke clubs to read and interact with stroke survivors. This interaction alleviates boredom, depression and stimulates the brain, thus helping rehabilitation & recovery.Post stroke depression is common and neural stimulation has been shown to help the brain "adaptively rewire" finding new routes from A to B.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/23£184£234£-50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£151£144£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£152£130£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£201£190£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£234£229£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18£231£211£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£235£198£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£182£176£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£203£238£-35n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£219£198£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£170£252£-83n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12£311£271£40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£294£302£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10£189£292£-104n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/09£268£261£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/08£260£223£37n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/07*£298£216£83n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/06*£222£179£43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/05£218£155£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/04£137£130£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 25 years

www.interactstrokesupport.org

info@interactstroke.org

02038861028

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Bristol City, Cardiff, East Sussex, Manchester City, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Northern Ireland, Oldham, Scotland, Throughout London, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£62,525
Masonic Trust£10,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland£3,500
London Catalyst£3,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
London Catalyst - InterAct Stroke Support - 4
£3,000 09/03/2023
Reading Service - Graham Ward
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund - Grant to InterAct Stroke Support
£1,400 07/06/2022
Small Grant Unrestricted Core Costs
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 04/02/2022
InterAct at Home
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Reading Service - Northern Ireland
£3,500 08/06/2021
£3,500 towards actor/reader costs towards hospitalised stroke survivors
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£10,500 26/05/2021
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - InterAct Stroke Support - 08/02/21
£1,250 16/02/2021
InterAct at Home
City Bridge Trust - Grant to InterAct Stroke Support
£56,400 22/07/2020
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£56,400 over two further and final years three years (2 x £28,200) towards a live reading service for elderly stroke survivors while in hospital in London and upon discharge.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to InterAct Stroke Support
£6,125 09/04/2020
A one-off, unrestricted grant of £6,125, equivalent to one regular quarterly payment for the organisations current grant.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to InterAct Stroke Support
£5,722 15/11/2019
We wish to support stroke survivors in Royal Sussex Hospital, Brighton by delivering live interactive readings, which alleviate depression.
London Catalyst - InterAct Stroke Support - 2
£2,895 21/06/2018
Crossing the Threshold: Creative community project.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 18/07/2017
Reading Service in Kings College Hospital, London
City Bridge Trust - Grant to InterAct Stroke Support
£69,500 20/03/2017
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£69,500 over three years (£22,000; £23,000; £24,500) towards a live reading service for elderly stroke survivors while in hospital and upon discharge
Dunhill Medical Trust - Reading service at Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne
£12,050 10/03/2011
To provide a reading service to stroke patients in hospitals and at stroke clubs with the aim of improving the speed and quality of rehabilitation through mood improvement and neural stimulation
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 59-82
  • ALAN FINCH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Theatre Producer
  • ALAN MCCORMICK Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Writer/Tutor
  • CHRISTOPHER JOHN RAVENSCROFT Appointed: 2000, Occupation: Actor
  • CHARLOTTE LUCY DORER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Squire Manager
  • DR ANTHONY RUDD CBE Appointed: 2020
  • DR MARION WALKER MBE Appointed: 2021
  • EDMUND JOSHUA HUBBARD Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Consultant
  • IAN TALBOT OBE (Chair), Occupation: Managing Director
  • JONATHAN MCDONNELL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Freelance Consultant
  • LEAH JANICE SOWDEN Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/03/2000, number: 1080046
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/01/2000, number: 03910122
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 132 days late, AR06: 43 days late,
Main office

8 HOLYROOD STREET
LONDON
SE1 2EL

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN SICKNESS OR DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF THE SPOKEN WORD IN A VARIETY OF FORMS WHICH MAY INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF A READING SERVICE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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