Different Strokes (Trustees) Limited

Analysis

Different Strokes (Trustees) Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in May 2002, 24 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04366893). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Different Strokes (Trustees) Limited reported income of £486k and spending of £604k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £277k to £486k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Different Strokes (Trustees) Limited sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Asit Events Ltd (£486k), Southwark Day Centre for Asylum Seekers (£487k) and The Lotus Flower (£486k).