THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Registered charity 285946 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

To promote and assist the science and practice of clinical neurophysiology.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND RELATED SCIENCES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£82k
Latest spending
£36k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Society's financial position remains very sound, reporting a net surplus for the year of £45,383. The trustees confirm that unrestricted funds of £229,586 are freely available, which they consider sufficient to mitigate major risks and underwrite future costs. The going concern basis is adopted based on the trustees' reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to underwrite any potential losses in respect of the next triennial teaching course (reserves figure: £230k)
“The Society holds reserves sufficient to underwrite any potential losses in respect of the next triennial teaching course.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Adrian Prize awarded to trustee Dr Charles Fry
“There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2024 - none), aside from the award of the £1,000 Adrian Prize to trustee Dr Charles Fry.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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 30/06/2023 (received 13/05/2024, 13 days after the 30/04/2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£82k£36k
30/06/2024£71k£68k
30/06/2023£61k£47k
30/06/2022£49k£21k
30/06/2021£29k£26k

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Society's financial position remains very sound, reporting a net surplus for the year of £45,383. The trustees confirm that unrestricted funds of £229,586 are freely available, which they consider sufficient to mitigate major risks and underwrite future costs. The going concern basis is adopted based on the trustees' reasonable expectation of adequate resources for the foreseeable future. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
BARROW FOUNDATION UK1£1.2m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY£82k—0above—no doubt
THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS FY2025£2.1m——unclear—no doubt
THE BRITISH NEUROPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY FY2025£181k—0above—no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY OF NEURORADIOLOGISTS FY2025£145k—0above—no doubt
THE BRITISH NEUROPSYCHIATRY ASSOCIATION FY2025£115k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FY2025£1.6m£80,001 - £90,0001within—no doubt

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