Registered charity · London
The Migraine Trust
- 10 trustees
- Income £1.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Michelle Jane WalderChair · since 2018
- Dr Gina Mikala KennedyTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Kay KennisTrustee · since 2020
- Iain Searle PellingTrustee · since 2025
- Katy Elizabeth BrownTrustee · since 2022
- Mark BurdonTrustee · since 2026
- Philippa Leigh KindersleyTrustee · since 2022
- Ponnudas PrabhakarTrustee · since 2026
- Professor Peter GoadsbyTrustee · since 2020
- Stephanie Catherine Boileau HayleTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.migrainetrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Migraine Trust
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.0m£1.1m
- 2024£2.2m£2.0m
- 2024£615k£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2023£2.0m£1.8m
- 2022£678k£847k
Charitable objects
1. TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF MIGRAINE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES TO SUFFERERS OF MIGRAINE2. TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BY RESEARCH INTO THE NATURE, CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MIGRAINE AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF MIGRAINE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY RAISING AWARENESS OF MIGRAINE, ITS CAUSES AND EFFECTS AMONGST THE SAME
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Michelle Jane Walder Chair since 2018
- Dr Gina Mikala Kennedy since 2025
- Dr Kay Kennis since 2020
- Iain Searle Pelling since 2025
- Katy Elizabeth Brown since 2022
- Mark Burdon since 2026
- Philippa Leigh Kindersley since 2022
- Ponnudas Prabhakar since 2026
- Professor Peter Goadsby since 2020
- Stephanie Catherine Boileau Hayle since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Michelle Jane Walder Chair since 2018
- Professor Peter Goadsby since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Michelle Jane Walder Chair since 2018
- Dr Gina Mikala Kennedy since 2025
- Dr Kay Kennis since 2020
- Iain Searle Pelling since 2025
- Katy Elizabeth Brown since 2022
- Mark Burdon since 2026
- Philippa Leigh Kindersley since 2022
- Ponnudas Prabhakar since 2026
- Professor Peter Goadsby since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Stephanie Catherine Boileau Hayle since 2022
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
4.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 11.4 in 2022
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1081300
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 15 MAY 2000 AND SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 22 MAY 2007 AND 16 OCTOBER 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 JUL 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 03996448 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02039510150 · info@migrainetrust.org
- 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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