STROKE ASSOCIATION
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-12 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+33.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£37M
+0.8% vs 2024
Employees
822
+3.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£317K
-83.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- STROKE ASSOCIATION 2012-05-11 → present
- THE STROKE ASSOCIATION 1994-03-25 → 2012-05-11
- CHEST, HEART AND STROKE ASSOCIATION (THE) 1976-12-31 → 1994-03-25
- CHEST AND HEART ASSOCIATION (THE) 1899-03-25 → 1976-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £42,020,000 | £44,235,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,681,000 | -£457,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,956,000 | £317,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,944,000 | £305,000 | |
| Cash | £3,744,000 | £5,003,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £41,337,000 | £40,815,000 | |
| Net assets | £36,895,000 | £37,201,000 | |
| Equity | £36,895,000 | £37,201,000 | |
| Average employees | 795 | 822 | |
| Wages | £23,145,000 | £24,892,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.0% | -1.0% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.1% | -1.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.3% | 24.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.67x | 2.23x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees have concluded that there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern. The trustees are of the opinion that the charity will have sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- STROKE ASSOCIATION · parent
- Stroke Association (Trading) Limited 100%
- The Chest Heart and Stroke Association 100%
- The British Stroke Foundation 100%
- Stroke UK Limited 100%
- Speechmatters Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The 2024-25 period was another tough year, with significant improvements in stroke care.”
- “Best fundraising year ever, raising £31.4 million in fundraised income.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 88 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONKER, Jan Willem | Secretary | 2018-09-24 | — | — |
| AL-SHAHI SALMAN, Rustam, Professor | Director | 2023-10-18 | May 1970 | British |
| ARCHIBALD, Andrew Robert | Director | 2021-12-15 | Aug 1978 | British |
| BUCKLE, David John | Director | 2018-09-24 | Jul 1956 | British |
| CATCHPOOL, Hannah Claire | Director | 2022-06-30 | Apr 1979 | British |
| DRUMMOND, Avril Elizabeth Roberta, Professor | Director | 2019-12-01 | Apr 1962 | British |
| GARCEZ, Eduardo Antonio Pereira | Director | 2018-09-24 | Nov 1971 | Portuguese |
| GILLESPIE, Katherine Mary | Director | 2018-09-24 | Oct 1971 | British |
| KENNEDY, Niamh, Dr | Director | 2023-10-18 | Mar 1984 | British |
| LEE, Ian Macpherson | Director | 2019-06-18 | Jun 1947 | British |
| PARKER, Jason Dominic Simon | Director | 2026-01-01 | May 1974 | British |
| SPENTZOS, George | Director | 2021-10-07 | Mar 1964 | British |
Show 88 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWDEN, Holly Patricia | Secretary | 2014-01-27 | 2017-09-08 |
| CLUTTERHAM, Robin Mcintyre | Secretary | 1998-07-15 | 1998-11-27 |
| CONNOR, Norman | Secretary | 2001-02-22 | 2001-09-30 |
| GOOSE, Margaret Elizabeth | Secretary | 1998-11-27 | 1999-04-06 |
| POLSON, Richard Ian | Secretary | 2001-10-01 | 2014-01-27 |
| PRATT, Ivan Walter | Secretary | — | 1998-07-15 |
| SCOTT, Murray John | Secretary | 2017-09-11 | 2018-09-24 |
| STEVENSON, James David | Secretary | 1999-04-06 | 2001-02-22 |
| ASHBURN, Ann Margaret, Professor | Director | 1995-02-15 | 2007-10-16 |
| ASHLEY MILLER, Michael, Doctor | Director | 1997-04-23 | 2006-07-11 |
| ATKINSON, David, Sir | Director | — | 1991-07-23 |
| BAMFORD, John Michael | Director | 2006-01-10 | 2014-10-21 |
| BARRETT, John David, Dr | Director | — | 2004-10-12 |
| BLACK, Ian | Director | 2010-12-14 | 2019-12-17 |
| BLACKWOOD, Roger, Dr | Director | — | 1991-07-23 |
| BOOTHMAN, John Campbell | Director | 2007-12-13 | 2010-09-28 |
| BOYD, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 2014-07-22 | 2021-10-07 |
| BRAISBY, Helen Joyce | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2006-11-06 |
| CAPORN, Carol Ann | Director | 2002-07-17 | 2011-09-27 |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Marcella Anne, Professor | Director | 1994-07-13 | 2007-10-16 |
| CHEADLE, Eric, Sir | Director | — | 1992-01-25 |
| CLARK, Timothy John Hayes, Professor | Director | 2001-10-17 | 2010-09-28 |
| CLARKE, Timothy John Hayes, Professor | Director | — | 1991-07-23 |
| COCKBURN, Charles Christopher, Sir | Director | 2015-10-08 | 2019-12-17 |
| COLEBORN, John Ernest | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2004-03-31 |
| COOKE, Patrick Joseph Dominic | Director | 1994-11-30 | 1996-02-14 |
| CORNBLEET, Michael Alan, Dr | Director | 2010-09-28 | 2015-07-28 |
| DAWS, Andrew Michael Bennett | Director | 2005-10-11 | 2014-10-21 |
| DUNCAN, Susan Mary Alison | Director | 2011-07-12 | 2017-08-01 |
| EMANUEL, Richard, Dr | Director | — | 1991-12-05 |
| EMPSON, Robert James | Director | 2011-12-13 | 2020-10-08 |
| FENTEM, Peter Harold, Professor | Director | 1999-07-14 | 2008-10-21 |
| FLETCHER, Stuart Barron | Director | 2011-07-12 | 2020-12-15 |
| FOWLER, Godfrey, Professor | Director | — | 2004-10-12 |
| FOWLER, Jacqueline Audrey | Director | 2007-12-13 | 2016-12-13 |
| FREEMAN, Eleanor Anne, Dr | Director | 2006-07-26 | 2015-07-28 |
| GATENBY, Michael Richard Brock | Director | 1997-04-23 | 2008-03-31 |
| GEORGE, Charles Frederick, Professor Sir | Director | 2008-03-18 | 2013-03-12 |
| GORDON, Anne, Dr | Director | 2014-03-11 | 2018-12-11 |
| GOULD, Vivien Mary, Ms. | Director | 2005-10-11 | 2014-10-21 |
| GRAHAM, Peter Marsden | Director | — | 1997-01-30 |
| HAMILTON, Winifred Mary, Lady | Director | — | 1999-03-03 |
| HANCOX, John Philip Dale | Director | 2002-08-27 | 2011-03-15 |
| HOLLAND, Walter Werner, Professor | Director | — | 2006-07-11 |
| HORNE, Norman Wemyss | Director | — | 1993-02-18 |
| JACKSON, Ceri | Director | 2020-10-08 | 2026-01-12 |
| JAMES, Martin Anthony, Doctor | Director | 2014-07-22 | 2025-04-06 |
| JENKINSON, Damien Francis, Dr | Director | 2007-12-13 | 2017-08-01 |
| KING, Stephen Phillip | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2026-01-01 |
| KNIGHT, Robert | Director | — | 1995-12-10 |
| LEACY, John Paul | Director | 2014-07-22 | 2018-03-20 |
| LINCOLN, Nadina Berrice | Director | 1995-11-29 | 2000-05-10 |
| LOWRY, Roger, Dr | Director | — | 2002-03-12 |
| LUMSDEN, Peter James Scott | Director | 1995-07-13 | 2006-07-11 |
| LYNAGH, Michael Patrick Thomas | Director | 2018-09-24 | 2020-07-13 |
| MANSFIELD, Averil Olive, Professor | Director | 1992-04-23 | 2008-12-31 |
| MARSHALL, John, Professor | Director | 1993-08-05 | 2002-03-31 |
| MCCULLOUGH, Eric | Director | 2006-07-24 | 2009-07-14 |
| MCVEA, Virginia | Director | 2022-04-04 | 2023-03-21 |
| MEAR, Elizabeth Helen, Dr | Director | 2018-09-24 | 2019-12-03 |
| MEYER, Thomas Thowtagus | Director | — | 1991-07-23 |
| MILLER, Simon Gilbert, Professor | Director | 1994-07-13 | 2007-10-16 |
| MUIR, Keith William, Dr | Director | 2007-07-17 | 2016-07-26 |
| NYFIELD, Susan | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| PATEL, Naren, Lord | Director | 2002-07-25 | 2009-10-13 |
| POLLOCK, Stephen Swinnerton, Doctor | Director | 1998-04-22 | 2007-10-16 |
| POLLOCK, Thomas Millar, Dr | Director | — | 1997-12-03 |
| RATTAN, Harvinder Singh | Director | 2018-09-24 | 2024-10-16 |
| RAWLINSON, Peter | Director | 2008-03-18 | 2017-08-01 |
| REILLY, Philip Marius, Professor | Director | 2015-10-08 | 2018-03-31 |
| ROBINSON, Thompson, Professor | Director | 2014-03-11 | 2023-10-18 |
| RODGERS, Geoffrey | Director | — | 1994-12-02 |
| ROSE, Susan Pamela | Director | 1993-08-05 | 1998-12-02 |
| ROWORTH, Pamela Mary | Director | — | 1996-02-14 |
| RUDD, Anthony George, Professor | Director | 2005-03-15 | 2014-03-15 |
| SALMON, Nigel Edward | Director | 1999-05-05 | 2008-10-21 |
| SEVERS, Martin Peter | Director | 1998-04-22 | 2009-05-31 |
| SHAH, Niraj | Director | 2014-07-22 | 2021-10-07 |
| SKELMERSDALE, Roger, Lord | Director | 1993-08-05 | 2003-12-31 |
| SMITH, Mark Taylor | Director | 2015-10-08 | 2021-10-07 |
| SMITH OF CLIFTON, Trevor Arthur, Professor Lord | Director | 2004-03-18 | 2006-08-02 |
| SMITH OF CLIFTON, Trevor Arthur, Professor Lord | Director | 2002-07-17 | 2004-03-18 |
| SMITH OF MARLOW, Lord | Director | — | 1993-08-05 |
| STANLEY, Elizabeth | Director | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-30 |
| STEVENS, Richard Stewart, Doctor | Director | — | 1998-06-18 |
| STOBART, Eric St Clair | Director | 2002-07-17 | 2011-09-27 |
| STOCKLEY, Robert Andrew, Prof. | Director | — | 1994-10-19 |
| STOUT, Robert William, Professor | Director | 2009-07-14 | 2015-07-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 342 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2023-03-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+5.3%
£42,020,000 £44,235,000
-
Cash
+33.6%
£3,744,000 £5,003,000
-
Net assets
+0.8%
£36,895,000 £37,201,000
-
Employees
+3.4%
795 822
-
Operating profit
+72.8%
-£1,681,000 -£457,000
-
Profit before tax
-83.8%
£1,956,000 £317,000
-
Wages
+7.5%
£23,145,000 £24,892,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers