Encephalitis International

Registered charity 1087843 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ENCEPHALITIS SUPPORT GROUP, ESG, THE ENCEPHALITIS SOCIETY · also registered in Scotland as SC048210 (OSCR)

To provide a supportive lifeline & activities that benefit those affected by Encephalitis, their families and carers.To produce quality, evidence-based information on all aspects of the condition. To raise awareness about the condition and its consequences among relevant professionals, statutory agencies and the general public.To encourage research into Encephalitis and its after-effects.

Objects

(1) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY ENCEPHALITIS AND THEIR FAMILIES(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE SUBJECT OF ENCEPHALITIS AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR THE FAMILY(3) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE MANAGEMENT OF ENCEPHALITIS AND TO PUBLISH USEFUL RESULTS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £171,745 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a net expenditure in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £9,379, which is significantly below the stated policy target of £703,583 (twelve months of unrestricted expenditure). The charity holds total retained funds of £1,347,608, including a designated contingency fund of £592,503 and restricted funds of £350,418.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HPH. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04189027

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Encephalitis International (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).

• The Chapel & York US Foundation, Inc. — “Encephalitis International is a Named Fund member of the Chapel & York US Foundation, Inc. The Chapel & York US Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)…” (source page)

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.

• HOPPER, Freya Joanne — director, appointed 29/10/2025on trustee list
• BARDSWELL, Isabella Louise Clementine — director, appointed 29/10/2025on trustee list
• WAINWRIGHT, Nicola — director, appointed 23/09/2023on trustee list
• MAYHEW, John Donald Simon — director, appointed 06/12/2021on trustee list
• SMITH, David John — director, appointed 03/03/2021on trustee list
• GAHIR, Gagun Rattun — director, appointed 25/04/2020on trustee list
• ELLUL, Mark Alexander, Dr — director, appointed 19/01/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £295k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~10.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 14.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gagun Gahirchair
• Adele Margaret MacKinlay
• Bradley James Mallard · trustee of 1 other charity
• David John Smith
• Dr Mark Alexander Ellul
• Freya Hopper
• Isabella Bardswell
• John Donald Simon Mayhew
• Nicola Wainwright

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INTERNATIONAL HEADACHE SOCIETY.

• INTERNATIONAL HEADACHE SOCIETY income £1.6m
• EPILEPSY SOCIETY income £20.7m
• MYOSITIS UK income £140k
• MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS income £28.2m
• MINDAPPLES income £44k
• THE INTENSIVE CARE SOCIETY income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

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