TOURETTE SYNDROME (UK) ASSOCIATION TRADING AS TOURETTES ACTION
Registered charity 1003317 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TOURETTE SYNDROME (UK) ASSOCIATION, TOURETTES ACTION, TOURETTES SYNDROME (UK) ASSOCIATION TRADING AS TOURETTES ACTION, TSA, TSA (UK)
We're the only UK-wide charity dedicated to supporting those with Tourette syndrome. We provide practical advice, resources, and advocacy; deliver training within education, employment, and healthcare; build peer networks through our groups and residential weekends; campaign to tackle stigma; lobby for better NHS services; and promote research to improve treatments and quality of life.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £502,415, while the charity holds a minimum of six months' expenditure in reserves. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with sufficient funding for the next year, despite a net expenditure for the period.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least six months expenditure (held: £502k)
“We still continue to hold a minimum of at least six months expenditure in reserves” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Tourettes Action (matched by registered charity number).
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Learning Skills Partnership — “We are thrilled to announce that Learning Skills Partnership (LSP) selected Tourettes Action as their charity of the year for 2024/2025. We …” (source page)
- Paul Stevenson — “Paul Stevenson's Capturing Creativity workshop is excited to sponsor Tourettes Action Creativity Awards (#TACA). As an Ambassador at Genius …” (source page)
- Genius Within — “Genius Within stand proudly at the intersection of lived experience and expertise. As both a neurodivergent led and owned business, and by b…” (source page)
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£37k
Reported reserves equal ~10.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (75% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Marc Joseph Lewischair
- Amanda Pape
- Dr Jeremy Stern
- Dr Tara Linda Murphy
- Felix Lawrence Doran Peckitt
- Ian Richard Ayres
- JIGNA PATEL · trustee of 1 other charity
- Sharon Julie White
- Sonal Dhulashia
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is TOURETTE SYNDROME (UK) ASSOCIATION TRADING AS TOURETTES ACTION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £502,415, while the charity holds a minimum of six months' expenditure in reserves. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with sufficient funding for the next year, despite a net expenditure for the period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds TOURETTE SYNDROME (UK) ASSOCIATION TRADING AS TOURETTES ACTION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name TOURETTE SYNDROME (UK) ASSOCIATION TRADING AS TOURETTES ACTION as a grant recipient include THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUST, THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, CHK Foundation, THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BATCHWORTH TRUST.
Known funders
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