01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 16 March 1994
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 02786035
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £8,963,339
- Latest expenditure
- £9,265,274
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: EveryStory Charity, Unit 3, California Building, Deals Gateway, LONDON, SE13 7SB
Website recorded by the regulator: www.aurora-nexus.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
EveryStory supports people with learning disabilities and complex needs to live in their community in the Boroughs of Lewisham, Bromley and Southwark.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 18 December 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 18 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £8,963,339
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £9,265,274
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 6 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 6 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £8,685,285
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £8,919,059
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 January 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £7,970,946
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £8,103,795
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 14 February 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 14 February 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £5,442,477
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,432,494
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 18 January 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 18 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £2,262,728
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,255,011
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 18 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £8,963,339
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £9,265,274
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 30
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Income From Government Contracts
- 8891374
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 2
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 6 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £8,685,285
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £8,919,059
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 29
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Income From Government Contracts
- 7264673
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 2
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 31 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £7,970,946
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £8,103,795
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 28
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Income From Government Contracts
- 7105627
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 3
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 14 February 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £5,442,477
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,432,494
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 25
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £6
- Income From Government Contracts
- 4560852
- Income From Government Grants
- £59,981
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 18 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £2,262,728
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,255,011
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 8
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Contracts
- 2135813
- Income From Government Grants
- £20,806
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 18 December 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 1773
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 333
- Income Charitable Activities
- 8891374
- Income Investments
- 33055
- Income Other
- 36804
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 8963339
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £9,265,274
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 9265274
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 156280
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 2187919
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 6176
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,345,555
- Assets Total Fixed
- 70016
- Assets Own Use
- 70016
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £2,254,246
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £978,707
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,345,555
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 958707
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 20000
- Assets Cash
- £1,979,586
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1345555
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 1345555
- Count Employees
- 231
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 6 January 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 34613
- Income Charitable Activities
- 8629296
- Income Investments
- 17830
- Income Other
- 3546
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 8685285
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £8,919,059
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 8919059
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 2048219
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 5751
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,647,490
- Assets Total Fixed
- 65095
- Assets Own Use
- 65095
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £2,603,832
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,021,437
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,647,490
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1001437
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 20000
- Assets Cash
- £1,394,944
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1647490
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 1647490
- Count Employees
- 222
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 31 January 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 48186
- Income Charitable Activities
- 7807620
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 115140
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 7970946
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £8,103,795
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 8103795
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 132719
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1858059
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 5251
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,881,264
- Assets Total Fixed
- 70345
- Assets Own Use
- 70345
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £2,789,638
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £978,719
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,881,264
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 877954
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 100765
- Assets Cash
- £1,155,975
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1881264
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 1881264
- Count Employees
- 220
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 14 February 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 27655
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 8596
- Income Charitable Activities
- 4080742
- Income Investments
- 89
- Income Other
- 1325395
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 5442477
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £4,432,494
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 4432494
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 92934
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 20762
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,938,517
- Assets Total Fixed
- 75596
- Assets Own Use
- 75596
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,126,657
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £1,188,140
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £2,014,113
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1143140
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 45000
- Assets Cash
- £2,167,069
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2014113
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 2014113
- Count Employees
- 130
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 April 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 18 January 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 21206
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 2240583
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 939
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2262728
- Income Legacies
- 21206
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £0
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,255,011
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2255011
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 43578
- Expenditure Governance
- 6000
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 43578
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 9556
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £880,781
- Assets Total Fixed
- 23349
- Assets Own Use
- 23349
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,237,849
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £257,068
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,004,130
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 212068
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 45000
- Assets Cash
- £871,779
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1004130
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 1004130
- Count Employees
- 75
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Lewisham
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater London
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Bromley
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater London
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Southwark
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater London
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 304
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Human Resources
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- EveryStory Charity
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1994-03-16T00:00:00
- Charity Name
- EveryStory Charity
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2022-12-20T00:00:00
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 299935
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 299935
- Assoc Charity Name
- AURORA OPTIONS
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2ND FEBRUARY 1993, AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED 21ST FEBRUARY 1994 AND 25TH NOVEMBER 2003. as amended on 12 Aug 2020 as amended on 01 Sep 2020 as amended on 28 Aug 2025
- Charitable Objects
- THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, INCLUDING LEARNING DISABILITIES, WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, DISTRESS, ILLNESS OR DISABILITY, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE.
- Area Of Benefit
- IN PRACTICE LEWISHAM AND SURROUNDING AREA
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 302691
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- LEWISHAM NEXUS SERVICE
11 Official extract
Charity Other Regulators
- Regulator Order
- 1
- Regulator Name
- Care Quality Commission
12 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures