The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia

Analysis

The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06988361). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia reported income of £50k and spending of £239k, spending 478% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £72k to £50k (-30%), an average of -8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 2124%. Over the whole period it spent 57% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Teesside Stroke Club (£50k), United Kingdom Haemophilia Centre Doctors Organisation (£50k) and Clinical Virology Network (£50k).