THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR NEUROCHEMISTRY

Registered charity 1098662 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ESN

The promotion of research and education in the area of neuroscience.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE OF NEUROCHEMISTRY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

Area of benefit: EUROPE INCLUDING THOSE COUNTRIES BORDERING THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.

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

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

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

Latest income

£70k

Latest spending

£66k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports a net receipt of £3,669 for the year, resulting in unrestricted free reserves of £87,690. This reserve level exceeds the charity's stated policy maximum of approximately £68,600 (equivalent to €80,000). The trustees confirm that the current financial position is sufficient to sustain planned activities until at least the end of 2027.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a contingency fund sufficient for no less than 1 and no more than 2 years of regular ESN business without additional income (reserves figure: £88k)

“ESN’s policy (adopted in August 2023) is as follows: The Council shall decide annually what financial reserve should be held by ESN. The reserve held should be a contingency fund sufficient for no less than 1 and no more than 2 years of regular ESN business without additional income”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee expenses reimbursed

“During the year 6 trustees were paid a total of £3,372 in respect of travel” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Complaints handling
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 1
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Chi Fung Jessica Kwok
Dr Dimitra Mangoura
Dr Natalia Nikolaevna Nalivaeva
Prof Carlos Duarte
Professor Anthony John Turner
Professor Antonio Rodriguez-Moreno
Professor Illana Gozes

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

Operates in: Albania · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia And Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£70k	£66k
31/12/2024	£46k	£40k
31/12/2023	£81k	£93k
31/12/2022	£14k	£23k
31/12/2021	£50k	£42k

Common questions

Is THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR NEUROCHEMISTRY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reports a net receipt of £3,669 for the year, resulting in unrestricted free reserves of £87,690. This reserve level exceeds the charity's stated policy maximum of approximately £68,600 (equivalent to €80,000). The trustees confirm that the current financial position is sufficient to sustain planned activities until at least the end of 2027. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE	1	£14k
CHK Foundation	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NEUROSURGICAL FOUNDATION.

THE NEUROSURGICAL FOUNDATION income £95k
THE NEUROANAESTHESIA & CRITICAL CARE SOCIETY income £121k
EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR PAEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY income £1.4m
Neuroscience for Education income £37k
The Society for Neurodiversity income £80k
EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY income £3.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR NEUROCHEMISTRY	£70k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NEUROSURGICAL FOUNDATION FY2025	£95k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE NEUROANAESTHESIA & CRITICAL CARE SOCIETY FY2025	£121k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR PAEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Neuroscience for Education FY2025	£37k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
The Society for Neurodiversity FY2025	£80k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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