THE BRITISH NEUROPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 286363 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Further the study of Neuropathology and promote the exchange of scientific information.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE TO FURTHER THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF NEUROPATHOLOGY, TO PROMOTE THE EXCHANGE OF SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION BY MEANS OF REGULAR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND PUBLICATIONS, AND TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN NEUROPATHOLOGISTS PRIMARILY IN BRITAIN, BUT ALSO WORLDWIDE.

Area of benefit: BRITIAN AND OVERSEAS

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £128,492 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total fund balances from £738,633 to £593,489. The trustees intend to reduce unrestricted funds to approximately £250,000 over forthcoming years through increased grants and activities. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 04/04/2024, 156 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 04/04/2024, 521 days after the 31/10/2022 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Daniel du Plessis

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRITISH NEUROPSYCHIATRY ASSOCIATION.

• THE BRITISH NEUROPSYCHIATRY ASSOCIATION income £115k
• THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS income £2.1m
• BRITISH NEURO-ONCOLOGY SOCIETY income £26k
• THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY income £82k
• BRITISH SOCIETY FOR GENETIC MEDICINE income £172k
• THE BRITISH PAIN SOCIETY income £224k

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