DIFFERENT STROKES (TRUSTEES) LIMITED

Company number 04366893 ·

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Executive summary

Different Strokes holds a defensible strategic position as the UK's only charity exclusively serving younger stroke survivors, with over 20 years of specialised expertise and authentic survivor-led credibility. However, realising its growth potential—particularly through NHS commissioning, digital scaling, and employer partnerships—requires addressing governance effectiveness, financial resilience, and the existential risk of larger competitors entering its niche. The organisation must balance its authentic mission-driven identity with the strategic sophistication needed to compete for funding and influence in an increasingly challenging charity landscape.

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Overview

Company type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated
2002-02-05
Registered office
9 Canon Harnett Court, Wolverton Mill, Milton Keynes, MK12 5NF
Postcode
MK12 5NF
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-12-31
Next due by
2027-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-07-24
Next due by
2027-08-07
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 86900 Other human health activities
  • 96040 Physical well-being activities

Officers 8 current · 23 resigned

Appointed 2022-12-05
Appointed 2019-05-10
HR DIRECTOR Appointed 2019-01-12
Appointed 2019-01-12
Appointed 2017-07-01

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Registered charity

DIFFERENT STROKES (TRUSTEES) LIMITED — charity number 1092168

Registered 2002-05-23 Income £486,465 Spending £604,326 FY to 2025-12-31

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contact details

Website
differentstrokes.co.uk
Phone
01908317618, 03451307172

Welcome to Different Strokes - a UK stroke charity providing a unique service to younger stroke survivors and information about stroke in young people.

Previous registered addresses 1

AddressChanged on
BANKDAM, SAINT GEORGES ROAD, BICKLEY, KENT BR1 2AU2002-04-25

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 876 similar companies in MK, trading since 2002

24 companies are registered at this postcode →

The class of 2002

44%

of the 1,334 companies in this sector incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.