THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 311877 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST PIERS, ST PIERS LINGFIELD, ST PIERS LINGFIELD CHARITY, THE LINGFIELD HOSPITAL SCHOOL, THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY, YOUNG EPILEPSY

Established in 1897 the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy is a national charity that is the UK's major provider of services to children and young people with epilepsy and associated learning, emotional and behavioural difficulties. The Trading Name, Young Epilepsy, launched in Nov 2011, reflects our ambition to reach as many of the 112,700 young people with epilepsy, as possible.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £0.3m for the year ended 31 July 2025, driven by increased fees from local authorities and growth in fundraising income. Free reserves stood at £5.0m, a significant increase from £0.1m the previous year, largely due to proceeds from a land sale, though the trustees note that excluding these proceeds, free reserves would be £0.7m, which aligns with their reserves policy. The charity relies substantially on local authority contracts for its income and has confirmed it has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Young Epilepsy | Zac’s Great Big Challenge 2026 justgiving.com · 23/08/2026

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00756798

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Mark Devlin — CEO (source)

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund — “With support from the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund and Bernard Lewis Family Charitable Trust, Young Epilepsy’s personalised su…” (source page)
• Bernard Lewis Family Charitable Trust — “With support from the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund and Bernard Lewis Family Charitable Trust, Young Epilepsy’s personalised su…” (source page)
• George E Neville Foundation — “With the support of the George E Neville Foundation, research partners and our donors, our health and research programmes are dedicated to i…” (source page)
• The Millie Community — “With the support from organisations like The Millie Community, Ottolenghi, Veronica Beard and more, Hear Her Voice is Young Epilepsy’s award…” (source page)
• Ottolenghi — “With the support from organisations like The Millie Community, Ottolenghi, Veronica Beard and more, Hear Her Voice is Young Epilepsy’s award…” (source page)
• Veronica Beard — “With the support from organisations like The Millie Community, Ottolenghi, Veronica Beard and more, Hear Her Voice is Young Epilepsy’s award…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• RUETIMANN, Markus Hardy — director, appointed 08/11/2024not on trustee list
• RODRIGUES, Maria — director, appointed 10/05/2024not on trustee list
• TAILOR, Ash — director, appointed 21/03/2024not on trustee list
• HADLEY, Thomas Fovargue — director, appointed 02/10/2023not on trustee list
• PIERPOINT, David Julian — director, appointed 02/10/2023not on trustee list
• BALI, Amit, Dr — director, appointed 09/11/2020not on trustee list
• NEVILLE, Simon Andrew — director, appointed 01/10/2020not on trustee list
• JONES, Tamsin Carole — director, appointed 01/10/2020not on trustee list
• AL-KHALILI, Nazar — secretary, appointed 27/09/2018

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy — Registered, 1 registered location, 3 regulated activities, last inspected 27/01/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• THE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY

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

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

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EPILEPSY SOCIETY.

• EPILEPSY SOCIETY income £20.7m
• BRITISH EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION income £5.3m
• MEATH EPILEPSY CHARITY income £9.9m
• THE ANNE AND JOHN WALTERS CHARITABLE TRUST income £334k
• THE FOUR SEASONS TRUST LIMITED income £425k
• ENYP income £209k

Side by side with its peers

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