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Success Stories is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty.
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What are the key facts about Success Stories?
Reported income · year ending 2025-06-30
£506,945
Reported spending · year ending 2025-06-30
£606,241
Registered charity number
1173522
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Trust
Register contact address detail (not service area)
London
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Not recorded
Quick answer
Success Stories (number 1173522) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does Success Stories do?
Success Stories was set up to advance and relieve the needs of disadvantaged children and parents through the provision of educational, recreational & leisure programmes provided in the interest of social & academic needs and welfare, designed to improve their circumstances of life. The charity is also known as " Chayim Shel Torah " which is also part of the activities of the charity.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Success Stories
Answers Success Stories gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 30 June 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are Success Stories's highest-paid staff paid?
Success Stories's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Where does Success Stories's money come from?
Success Stories reported £507k total income for the year ending 30 June 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £507k (100%).
Donations and legacies£507k · 100%
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register does not record Success Stories as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Success Stories's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Where it says it operates
Throughout England
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; People With Disabilities; Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies; The General Public/mankind.
Reported activities: Makes Grants To Individuals.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is Success Stories registered for?
Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Why is there no Clarity Score for Success Stories yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Success Stories.
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The register data used for this profile lists Success Stories as a registered charity (number 1173522) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Success Stories's charity number?
Success Stories's charity number is 1173522. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1173522?
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What does Success Stories do?
Success Stories was set up to advance and relieve the needs of disadvantaged children and parents through the provision of educational, recreational & leisure programmes provided in the interest of social & academic needs and welfare, designed to improve their circumstances of life. The charity is also known as " Chayim Shel Torah " which is also part of the activities of the charity.
Does Success Stories have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Success Stories. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Success Stories?
Success Stories does not list a website in its register entry. Its official Charity Commission entry lists its contact details — CharityCompare never processes donations.
How much is Success Stories's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Success Stories's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Success Stories's money come from?
Success Stories reported £507k total income for the year ending 30 June 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £507k (100%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Success Stories?
The register does not record Success Stories as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are Success Stories's trustees paid?
Success Stories's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Success Stories registered as a charity?
Success Stories was entered on the register on 21 June 2017.