THE ATAXIA-TELANGIECTASIA SOCIETY

Registered charity 1105528 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE A-T SOCIETY

Ataxia Telangiectasia (AT) is a progressive genetic condition which from early childhood causes increasingly severe disability, and shortens lives. The AT Society is dedicated to improving quality of life and quality of care for people living with AT while actively promoting research to lengthen lives and ultimately bring about a cure.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an overall surplus of £85,583 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income increasing to £657,491. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were maintained at £404,744, representing 8.5 months of operational costs, which is below the stated prudent target of 9 months but above the temporary low of 7 months. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to face the future with confidence.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hicks and Company. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05177145

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.

• BHATT, Jayesh, Dr — director, appointed 15/07/2021on trustee list
• MACDONALD, David — director, appointed 15/07/2021on trustee list
• POUPARD, Rachel — director, appointed 15/07/2021on trustee list
• POWELL, Joe — director, appointed 15/07/2021on trustee list
• GULL, Nicholas — director, appointed 30/06/2018on trustee list
• SHAH, Jhilna — director, appointed 24/01/2018on trustee list
• JEGGO, Penelope Ann, Prof — director, appointed 28/01/2014not on trustee list
• YARLETT, Lian Cecilia — director, appointed 12/05/2007on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rachel Poupardchair
• David Macdonald
• Dr Jayesh Bhatt
• Jhilna Shah
• Joe Powell
• LIAN CECILIA YARLETT
• Nicholas Gull
• Penny Jeggo

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 ACTION FOR A-T.

• ACTION FOR A-T income £905k
• ATAXIA UK income £1.8m
• THE APLASTIC ANAEMIA TRUST income £647k
• THE TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION income £478k
• MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY TRUST income £1.3m
• NATIONAL AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS SOCIETY income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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