ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH NEUROLOGISTS

Registered charity 1077893 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABN

The aim of the Association of British Neurologists is to improve the health and well-being of people with neurological disorders by advancing the knowledge and practice of neurology in the British Isles. It also oversees scientific meetings, bursaries to facilitate educational and research visits to developing countries and offers financial and administrative support for ABN trainees.

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 increased to £1,862,321, which the trustees consider prudent as it aligns with their policy of maintaining a reserve of around one times normal annual expenditure. The charity reported a net gain of £466,756 for the year, driven by charitable activities and investment growth, resulting in a healthy financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Association of British Neurologists - Clinical Research Fellowship Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~15.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (66% 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: 31.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Prof Neil Patrick Robertsonchair
• Anthony Curl · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Aisling Carr · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Amit Batla
• Dr Ann Johnston
• Dr Antonella Macerollo
• Dr Arani Vireswer
• Dr Gillian Elizabeth Stewart
• Dr Helen Grote
• Dr Krista Farrell
• Dr Sean Slaght
• Dr Simon Jeremy Stovold Chataway
• Dr Sofia Helena Eriksson
• Laura Evans
• Professor Elizabeth Coulthard
• Professor Martin Turner
• Professor Michael Peter Lunn
• Professor Ruth Dobson
• Simon Croall

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY ASSOCIATION.

• BRITISH PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY ASSOCIATION income £1.3m
• THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS income £2.1m
• THE BRITISH NEUROPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £189k
• ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERED PHYSIOTHERAPISTS IN NEUROLOGY income £274k
• BRITISH SOCIETY OF NEURORADIOLOGISTS income £145k
• BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS income £7.5m

Side by side with its peers

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