TINNITUS UK

Registered charity 1011145 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH TINNITUS ASSOCIATION

Tinnitus UK helps anyone affected by tinnitus, including people who have tinnitus and those close to them. Acts to educate and train professionals and the general public. Commissions research and supports training. We seek to increase awareness of tinnitus and increase the volume and impact of tinnitus research to find a cure.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£649k

Latest spending

£894k

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £244,630 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following five years of consecutive financial losses. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves fell to £173,825, which is below the stated policy minimum of three months' expenditure, prompting an urgent appeal for emergency support to continue services.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — above the median for charities its size (£60k)

“The number of employees who received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) of more than £60,000 from the charity during the year was as follows: £60,000 - £70,000: 1 employee (2024, none).” — page 39

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees who received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) of more than £60,000 from the charity during the year was as follows: £60,000 - £70,000: 1 employee (2024, none).” — page 39

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £174k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)

“The current level of unrestricted reserves represents just over two and a half months of unrestricted expenditure, which is below the minimum level set out in the policy.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Lucy Handscomb was reimbursed £174 for lecturing services.

“During the year one of the Trustees, Lucy Handscomb, was reimbursed £174 (2024: £462) for lecturing services provided at Tinnitus UK online supported events.” — page 48

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Lucy Handscomb, a Trustee, was reimbursed £174 for lecturing services provided at Tinnitus UK online supported events.

“During the year one of the Trustees, Lucy Handscomb, was reimbursed £174 (2024: £462) for lecturing services provided at Tinnitus UK online supported events.” — page 48

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Tinnitus UK (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).

Garfield Weston Foundation — “Our current funders include: Garfield Weston Foundation” (source page)
National Lottery Community Fund — “Supported by https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£649k

Total spending

£894k

Cost of raising funds

£248k

Reserves (reported)

£174k

Employees

12

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 38.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Pierre Manuel Jacques Espinassechair
Dr Veronica Jane Kennedy Carragher
Emma Louise Stone
Lucy Elizabeth Colenso
Peter Richard Byrom

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Isle Of Man · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£649k	£894k
31/03/2024	£484k	£927k
31/03/2023	£877k	£1.0m
31/03/2022	£861k	£1.3m
31/03/2021	£1.4m	£1.3m

Common questions

Is TINNITUS UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £244,630 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following five years of consecutive financial losses. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves fell to £173,825, which is below the stated policy minimum of three months' expenditure, prompting an urgent appeal for emergency support to continue services. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of TINNITUS UK earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds TINNITUS UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TINNITUS UK as a grant recipient include THE CORCORAN FOUNDATION, MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND, DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND, THE BATCHWORTH TRUST, THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CORCORAN FOUNDATION	FY2025	£50k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	FY2024	£15k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	FY2022	£10k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	FY2024	£10k	Additional Helpline Advisor
THE BATCHWORTH TRUST	FY2024	£7k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	FY2022	£5k	Health
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2022	£5k	SMALLER GRANTS
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST	FY2025	£3k
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k
FRAZER TRUST	FY2025	£2k	Medical and other research
FRAZER TRUST	FY2024	£2k	Medical and other research
FRAZER TRUST	FY2023	£2k	Children
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k
MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k
FRAZER TRUST	FY2022	£2k
MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k	Relief of poverty and sickness
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)	FY2025	£1k
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£1k
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/04/2024	£20k	Tinnitus Confidential Helpline
The National Lottery Community Fund	31/05/2023	£169k	West Country Tinnitus Support Groups
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/06/2022	£10k	Improving Tinnitus Helpline Support
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/03/2021	£9k	Increasing Tinnitus Helpline Support
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/09/2018	£10k	Plug'em@Festivals
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/09/2018	£9k	Tinnitus Support Across Wales
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/06/2016	£7k	User friendly tinnitus information leaflets
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/12/2015	£9k	Tinnitus information for people with learning disabilities
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/03/2015	£134k	Regional Tinnitus Information Days
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/04/2014	£4k	Tinnitus information for children and young people
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/08/2011	£5k	Tinnitus Awareness and Support in South Wales
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/08/2011	£8k	Building local capacity and support for tinnitus
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/07/2011	£6k	Tinnitus Awareness and Support in Northern Ireland
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/05/2010	£10k	Supporting the Online Tinnitus Community

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	3	£35k
THE REED FOUNDATION	2	£67k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£12k
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£400
CHILDLIFE	1	£295k
MOTABILITY	1	£133k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£98k
Fight for Sight	1	£95k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DEAF PEOPLE.

THE ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DEAF PEOPLE income £14.2m
TOURETTE SYNDROME (UK) ASSOCIATION TRADING AS TOURETTES ACTION income £599k
ADHD UK income £176k
DURHAM DEAFENED SUPPORT income £158k
DEAF UNITY income £148k
ATAXIA UK income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TINNITUS UK	£649k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	below	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DEAF PEOPLE FY2025	£14.2m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
TOURETTE SYNDROME (UK) ASSOCIATION TRADING AS TOURETTES ACTION FY2025	£599k	—	1	unclear	—	no doubt
ADHD UK FY2024	£176k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DURHAM DEAFENED SUPPORT FY2025	£158k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DEAF UNITY FY2024	£148k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.