Stroke Care for Newbury and West Berkshire

Analysis

Stroke Care for Newbury and West Berkshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in October 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Stroke Care for Newbury and West Berkshire reported income of £60k and spending of £72k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £45k to £60k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Stroke Care for Newbury and West Berkshire sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Harmony Therapy Trust (£60k), Starlight Oasis of Hope Hospice (£60k) and Mindstep Foundation (£60k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.