TOURETTES-SYNDROME, INCLUSION IN THE COMMUNITY (T.I.C.)

Registered charity 1184015 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as T.I.C.

We provide support groups for individuals affected by Tourettes Syndrome to meet others and access support. We provide a sibling support group for children with siblings who have SEND. We provide a support group for children with ADHD. We offer 1-2-1 support and advocacy. We deliver awareness talks to local schools, business and entertainment venues.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY TOURETTES SYNDROME AND TIC DISORDERS IN HULL AND YORKSHIRE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF THEIR MEDICAL CONDITION BY; - PROVIDING A SAFE AND COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT TO MEET OTHER PEOPLE AFFECTED BY TOURETTES SYNDROME; - RAISING FUNDS TO SUPPORT PEOPLE AFFECTED BY TOURETTES SYNDROME; AND - PROVIDING AWARENESS TALKS IN SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND WORK PLACES. "TOURETTES SYNDROME" IS DEFINED AS “AN INHERITED DISORDER OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHARACTERIZED BY A VARIABLE EXPRESSION OF UNWANTED MOVEMENTS AND NOISES (TICS).

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £28,931 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with total funds increasing to £48,990. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £36,936, which the trustees acknowledge is above the stated minimum policy target of £25,000 but below the target of six months' average expenditure (£40,327). The filing indicates no material uncertainties regarding going concern and confirms the accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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)

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 28/10/2021 (received 31/08/2022, 3 days after the 28/08/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — TIC (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ravenna Daggerchair
• Cynthia Kathleen Bennett
• Daryl Phillip Wright
• Elizabeth Kirby
• Gary Walker
• Gemma Harte
• KAREN ANN AMA OKRA · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew Robert Kay
• Patricia Joyce Jackson
• Rebecca Louise Hilton

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

Operates in: Bradford City · City Of York · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kingston Upon Hull City · Leeds City · Lincolnshire · North Yorkshire · Sheffield City

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 THE CONSORTIUM FOR THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES (TCTC).

• THE CONSORTIUM FOR THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES (TCTC) income £88k
• TURNER SYNDROME SUPPORT SOCIETY income £220k
• THE INTEGRATION TRUST LIMITED income £395k
• TOGS CENTRE income £124k
• TRUST HOUSE READING income £650k
• TOURETTE SYNDROME (UK) ASSOCIATION TRADING AS TOURETTES ACTION income £599k

Side by side with its peers

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