Registered charity · London
The Dystonia Society
- 9 trustees
- Income £422k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Christopher Paul SouthonTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Amit BatlaTrustee · since 2023
- Emily BirdenTrustee · since 2023
- Fermanda PerezTrustee · since 2023
- Ntonella MacerollaTrustee · since 2023
- Penny Ritchie-CalderTrustee · since 2019
- Qamar Khan MBETrustee · since 2024
- Sophie Eleanor NormanTrustee · since 2023
- Timothy John GannicliffeTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.dystonia.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Dystonia Society
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£422k£403k
- 2024£692k£321k
- 2023£277k£286k
Earlier years
- 2022£293k£262k
- 2021£422k£310k
Charitable objects
(1) TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THOSE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM THE MOVEMENT DISORDER KNOWN AS DYSTONIA OR FROM SIMILAR OR RELATED CONDITIONS, AND (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF THE SAID CONDITIONS.
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Christopher Paul Southon since 2026
- Dr Amit Batla since 2023
- Emily Birden since 2023
- Fermanda Perez since 2023
- Ntonella Macerolla since 2023
- Penny Ritchie-Calder since 2019
- Qamar Khan MBE since 2024
- Sophie Eleanor Norman since 2023
- Timothy John Gannicliffe since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Penny Ritchie-Calder since 2019
- Timothy John Gannicliffe since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Dr Amit Batla since 2023
- Emily Birden since 2023
- Fermanda Perez since 2023
- Ntonella Macerolla since 2023
- Penny Ritchie-Calder since 2019
- Qamar Khan MBE since 2024
- Sophie Eleanor Norman since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Christopher Paul Southon since 2026
- Timothy John Gannicliffe since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1062595
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 JANUARY 1997 as amended on 05 Oct 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 03309777 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02077933656 · info@dystonia.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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