Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

DIFFERENT STROKES (TRUSTEES) LIMITED

To help stroke survivors of below retirement age optimise their recovery & take control of their lives by offering rehabilitative services, information & advice.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

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
31/12/23£563£433£130£41£534£52714.612150
31/12/22£399£343£55n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£277£272£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£328£258£71n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£398£387£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£411£378£33n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17?£433£473£-40n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/16£352£343£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/15£339£382£-43n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/14£320£393£-72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/13£348£331£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/12£352£302£49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/11£317£310£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/10£296£296£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/09£321£241£81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/08£274£223£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/07£254£228£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/06£322£307£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/05£241£219£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/04£204£167£36n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 10.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 14.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 15 months
Quick Ratio: 35.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 23 years

www.differentstrokes.co.uk

info@differentstrokes.co.uk

01908317618

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,997
DCMS£9,586
The Grocers' Charity£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2024 Grant - Different Strokes
£5,000 07/03/2024
To support the pairing of teenagers with young adult stroke survivor mentors aged 18-35 years who had experienced a stroke at a young age too and are best placed to support a teenage stroke survivor.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Aqua therapy for Stroke recovery.
£720 06/10/2022
Funding to provide aqua therapy sessions for younger people who had strokes to aid in their rehabilitation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Different Strokes - Tackling Isolation
£9,997 29/04/2022
This project will support stroke survivors of working age and younger with information advice and support alongside exercise classes to recover and regain as much independence as possible. It will also focus on Black and Asian BAME communities who ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£25,000 04/04/2022
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Different Strokes - Three Year Strategic Development
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Different Strokes - 18/01/22
£2,000 17/02/2022
Core Funding
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,586 25/06/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 27/12/2019
Different Strokes - Core Services
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£5,000 20/06/2018
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 16/05/2018
Different Strokes - Strengthening our Core Services
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Different Strokes Northampton
£3,063 29/11/2017
Help us cover the costs of running sessions that support stroke survivors by stroke survivors.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Different Strokes
£31,200 20/10/2011
the salary and NI of the Group Development Manager, travel, training and volunteer support costs (post, phone, printing)
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-59
  • CATHERINE BELL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Solicitor
  • CATHERINE VICTORIA CAREY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Pr & Communications Manager
  • CHRISTOPHER JOHN HENRY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Hr
  • DR SATINDER SANGHERA MB BCH Appointed: 2019
  • MICHAEL ALAN CAINES Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Accountant
  • PROF JOHN HUNT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • RICHARD DJAN-KROFA Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor
  • RANJ SINGH PARMAR (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Business Analyst
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/05/2002, number: 1092168
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/02/2002, number: 04366893
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from EAST KENT STROKES on 30/10/2023
Main office

9 CANON HARNETT COURT
WOLVERTON MILL
MILTON KEYNES
MK12 5NF

Objectives

TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO HAVE SUFFERED STROKES (PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG STROKE SURVIVORS) AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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