Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

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 several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22	£399	£343	£55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	250
31/12/21	£277	£272	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	250
31/12/20	£328	£258	£71	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	250
31/12/19	£398	£387	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	250
31/12/18	£411	£378	£33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	250
31/12/17?	£433	£473	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/16	£352	£343	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/15	£339	£382	£-43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/14	£320	£393	£-72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/13	£348	£331	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/12	£352	£302	£49	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/11	£317	£310	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/10	£296	£296	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/09	£321	£241	£81	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/08	£274	£223	£51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/07	£254	£228	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/06	£322	£307	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/05	£241	£219	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/04	£204	£167	£36	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 22 years

www.differentstrokes.co.uk

info@differentstrokes.co.uk

01908317618

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient 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 works here?

Unknown number of employees
250 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant 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
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust	£2,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
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 ....more 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 are at greater risk and also teenage stroke survivors with a teen and young adult befriending service pairing mentors with young stoke survivors. Weekly online exercise classes are also delivered which have been done so online for those reluctant to meet following on Covid.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£25,000	04/04/2022	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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
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: 34-59

CHRISTOPHER JOHN HENRY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Hr

DR SATINDER SANGHERA MB BCH Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: SERENITY SOCIAL AND THERAPEUTIC HORTICULTURE (SSTH),

CATHERINE BELL Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Solicitor

CATHERINE VICTORIA CAREY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Pr & Communications Manager

MICHAEL ALAN CAINES Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Accountant

PROF JOHN HUNT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES,

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

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 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

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