Registered charity (CIO) · Aylesbury
Stoke Mandeville Spinal Research
- 6 trustees
- Income £167k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.lifeafterparalysis.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£167k£245k
- 2024£134k£200k
- 2023£242k£195k
Earlier years
- 2022£286k£248k
- 2021£107k£104k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 36%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PEOPLE WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY FUNDING RESEARCH INTO THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, CURE AND REHABILITATION OF SPINAL CORD INJURY AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.B) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF SPINAL CORD INJURY AND ASSOCIATED DISABILITIES.
Grants received
3 grants · £40,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- R S Macdonald Charitable Trust · £20,000 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000
Most recent
- R S Macdonald Charitable Trust
- R S Macdonald Charitable Trust
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
6 trustees on the board
- Richard Tolkien Chair since 2019
- Jamie Polk since 2019
- Nigel Henderson since 2014
- Philippe Vienot since 2019
- Professor Susan Barnett since 2022
- Zoe Mcdougall since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Richard Tolkien Chair since 2019
- Jamie Polk since 2019
- Nigel Henderson since 2014
- Philippe Vienot since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Richard Tolkien Chair since 2019
- Jamie Polk since 2019
- Nigel Henderson since 2014
- Philippe Vienot since 2019
- Professor Susan Barnett since 2022
- Zoe Mcdougall since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1183744
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 06 Jun 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01296315255 · derek.cutler@smsr.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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