Deal & District Strokes

Analysis

Deal & District Strokes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Deal. It was registered in December 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Deal & District Strokes reported income of £21k and spending of £32k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £25k to £21k (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 271%. Over the whole period it spent 316% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Deal & District Strokes sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Highgate Community Support Limited (£21k), Orchyd (£21k) and Felixstowe Relief Charity (£21k).

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.