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BRITISH EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 234343 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EPILEPSY ACTION

Latest income
£3.6m
Latest spending
£4.3m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that general fund reserves decreased to £1.67m from £1.98m in the prior year, while unrestricted reserves in total stood at £2.15m. The charity reported a net cash outflow from operating activities of £858,545, resulting in a reduction of cash and cash equivalents to £592,714 at year-end.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: An appropriate level of reserves for the charity is described by the reserves policy. (held: £2.1m)
“An appropriate level of reserves for the charity is described by the reserves policy.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: BEA Trading Limited contributed income to the charity
“BEA Trading Limited contributed income to the charity of £37,259 (2023: £22,229) which included a trading donation of £13,033, management charges of £3,000 and transfer of intercompany balances.” — page 18
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: BEA Trading Limited
“BEA Trading Limited contributed income to the charity of £37,259 (2023: £22,229) which included a trading donation of £13,033, management charges of £3,000 and transfer of intercompany balances.” — page 18
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£3.6m
Total spending
£4.3m
Cost of raising funds
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£2.2m
Employees
76

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£3.6m£4.3m
31/12/2023£2.8m£4.1m
31/12/2022£5.3m£3.5m
31/12/2021£3.3m£3.3m
31/12/2020£2.4m£3.1m

Common questions

Is BRITISH EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

The accounts state that general fund reserves decreased to £1.67m from £1.98m in the prior year, while unrestricted reserves in total stood at £2.15m. The charity reported a net cash outflow from operating activities of £858,545, resulting in a reduction of cash and cash equivalents to £592,714 at year-end. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

Who funds BRITISH EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRITISH EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST, THE KEN AND EDNA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£225k
OVE ARUP PARTNERSHIP CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£75k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2025£10k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE KEN AND EDNA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE JAMES WEIR FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2024£5k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2022£5k
THE GERALD MICKLEM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE A M FENTON TRUSTFY2022£4k
THE A M FENTON TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE DE BRYE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
The Patricia Routledge FoundationFY2024£3k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2025£2k
THE MARY ROBERTSON TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£1k
H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE MARY ROBERTSON TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£1k
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)FY2021£1k
THE W E DUNN TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUSTFY2022£500
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KING CHARLES THE MARTYR, TUNBRIDGE WELLSFY2023£392
The Ross FoundationFY2023£250
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KING CHARLES THE MARTYR, TUNBRIDGE WELLSFY2022£51
TWODS LIMITEDFY2022£25
TWODS LIMITEDFY2023£25
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF KING CHARLES THE MARTYR, TUNBRIDGE WELLSFY2024£0

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