THE INTERNATIONAL CEREBRAL PALSY SOCIETY

Registered charity 273102 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ICPS

A self help group assisting countries developing their services appropriate to local needs for people with cerebral palsy. ICPS also acts as a resource centre providing information on CP to anybody worldwide with an interest.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM CEREBRAL PALSY AND RELATED DISORDERS AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TREATMENT OF CEREBRAL PALSY TO SECURE THE RELIEF OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM CEREBRAL PALSY AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

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

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Latest income

£36k

Latest spending

£23k

Registered

1977

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £12,811 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £26,595. The trustees note that fluctuations in income are due to the timing of subscription invoices rather than a drop in membership, which actually increased by 50% between 2021 and 2024. The charity is eligible for independent examination rather than audit and has no stated reserves policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Trustee and related party J Coughlan supplied consultancy work totalling £17,574 to the charity during the year (year - nil). There were no other related party transactions in the year (year - nil).

“Trustee and related party J Coughlan supplied consultancy work totalling £17,574 to the charity during the year (year - nil). There were no other related party transactions in the year (year - nil).” — page 11

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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Augustine John Edmund Coughlan
Bronya Metherall
Dr Mahshid Salehi
ELENI RODITI
FADIA SAFI
Gopi Kitnasamy
JOSE ALVARELHAO
Matthieu Guillaume Chatelin
Nigar Evgin
Nonyelum Nweke
Silvina Eckhardt

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

Operates in: Argentina · Australia · Belgium · Bulgaria · Canada · Croatia · Cyprus · Denmark · Dubai · Ethiopia · Finland · France

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£36k	£23k
30/06/2024	£11k	£22k
30/06/2023	£2k	£7k
30/06/2022	£4k	£8k
30/06/2021	£10k	£7k

Common questions

Is THE INTERNATIONAL CEREBRAL PALSY SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £12,811 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £26,595. The trustees note that fluctuations in income are due to the timing of subscription invoices rather than a drop in membership, which actually increased by 50% between 2021 and 2024. The charity is eligible for independent examination rather than audit and has no stated reserves policy target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.