WORLD FEDERATION OF NEUROLOGY

Registered charity 1068673 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Public Awareness and Action Committee established a World Brain Day (WBD) on 22 July, the date theWFN was founded in 1957. The first WBD slogan was ?Our Brain - Our Future?. This global campaign wasdesigned to promote awareness about the brain and neurological diseases and to promote brain health. A largenumber of national societies organized activities and media events.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds totalled £5,255,132 at year-end, with a reserves policy targeting one to two times normal annual expenditure. Per the trustees' report, the overall financial state of affairs is satisfactory, supported by net assets of just over £5.5m and a net surplus for the year.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03502244

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CHAHIN, Paola Guraieb, Professor — director, appointed 14/05/2026on trustee list
• DE VISSER, Marianne, Professor — director, appointed 23/01/2026not on trustee list
• LEWIS, Steven, Professor — director, appointed 01/01/2026on trustee list
• WIJERATNE, Tissa, Professor — director, appointed 25/09/2024on trustee list
• FREEDMAN, Morris, Dr — director, appointed 01/01/2024on trustee list
• WASAY, Muhammad, Professor — director, appointed 15/10/2023on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~78.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (49% 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Steven Lewischair
• Dr Chandrashekhar Meshram
• Dr Morris Freedman
• Dr Njideka Ulunma Okubadejo
• Muhammad Wasay
• Professor Marianne de Visser
• Professor Paola Guraieb Chahin
• Professor Riadh Gouider
• Professor Tissa Wijeratne

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

Operates in: Afghanistan · Albania · Algeria · Argentina · Armenia · Australia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Belgium · Bolivia

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WORLD FEDERATION FOR NEURO-REHABILITATION.

• THE WORLD FEDERATION FOR NEURO-REHABILITATION income £113k
• THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION income £4.2m
• THE BRAIN CHARITY income £1.8m
• BRAIN TUMOUR RESEARCH CAMPAIGN income £211k
• THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS income £2.1m
• BRITISH PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY ASSOCIATION income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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