Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading AS Tourettes Action

Registered charity 1003317 Registered since 1991

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

Marc Joseph Lewis Chair since 2020
Amanda Pape since 2019
Dr Jeremy Stern since 2020
Dr Tara Linda Murphy since 2023
Felix Lawrence Doran Peckitt since 2023
Ian Richard Ayres since 2019
Jigna Patel since 2025
Sharon Julie White since 2022
Sonal Dhulashia since 2022

4.6y median 4y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Amanda Pape since 2019
Ian Richard Ayres since 2019

9.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Marc Joseph Lewis Chair since 2020
Amanda Pape since 2019
Dr Jeremy Stern since 2020
Dr Tara Linda Murphy since 2023
Felix Lawrence Doran Peckitt since 2023
Ian Richard Ayres since 2019
Sharon Julie White since 2022
Sonal Dhulashia since 2022

Portfolio (1)

Jigna Patel since 2025

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9Disability 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8Other Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Tech and media 10Construction 1Health and social care 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

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2025

incomespending£599k latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

10.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 15.2 in 2021

14 from 11 in 2023

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

1ST Stanmore Scout Group 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Headway Nottingham Limited Similar size; both Disability
Action Duchenne Limited Similar size; both Disability
Disability Focus Similar size; both Disability
Stick 'N' Step Similar size; both Disability
Small Steps SFP Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.tourettes-action.org.uk
Email	help@tourettes-action.org.uk
Phone	07443888472
Address	Tourettes Action, The Meads Business Centre, 19 Kingsmead, Farnborough, GU14 7SR

Finances

£599,143 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£412,429	£297,912
2022	£493,498	£296,350
2023	£632,541	£550,303
2024	£639,618	£623,227
2025	£599,143	£700,855

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM THE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER KNOWN AS GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/05/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/11/2010AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09/02/2011 as amended on 12 Sep 2020 as amended on 21 Oct 2022

Trustees (9)

9trustees

50median age

0aged 70+

Marc Joseph Lewisage band 45-49 Chair since 2020
Amanda Papeage band 60-64 since 2019
Dr Jeremy Sternage band 55-59 since 2020
Dr Tara Linda Murphyage band 50-54 since 2023
Felix Lawrence Doran Peckittage band 30-34 since 2023
Ian Richard Ayresage band 60-64 since 2019
Jigna Patelage band 45-49 since 2025
Sharon Julie Whiteage band 55-59 since 2022
Sonal Dhulashiaage band 40-44 since 2022

Linked company (Companies House)

Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading AS Tourettes Action · 02613993 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 23/05/1991

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

1ST Stanmore Scout Group 1 shared trustee

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