Registered charity · North Yorkshire
Encephalitis International
- 8 trustees
- Income £1.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Gagun GahirChair · since 2020
- Adele Margaret MackinlayTrustee · since 2022
- David John SmithTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Mark Alexander EllulTrustee · since 2019
- Freya HopperTrustee · since 2025
- Isabella BardswellTrustee · since 2025
- John Donald Simon MayhewTrustee · since 2021
- Nicola WainwrightTrustee · since 2023
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
- Website
- www.encephalitis.info (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Encephalitis International
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.3m£1.2m
- 2024£1.1m£1.2m
- 2023£954k£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£957k£880k
- 2021£997k£719k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(1) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY ENCEPHALITIS AND THEIR FAMILIES(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE SUBJECT OF ENCEPHALITIS AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR THE FAMILY(3) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE MANAGEMENT OF ENCEPHALITIS AND TO PUBLISH USEFUL RESULTS
Grants received
27 grants · £1,323,011 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £948,789 (12 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £170,000 (5 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £95,304
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £62,500 (2 grants)
- Rank Foundation · £25,750 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Gagun Gahir Chair since 2020
- Adele Margaret Mackinlay since 2022
- David John Smith since 2021
- Dr Mark Alexander Ellul since 2019
- Freya Hopper since 2025
- Isabella Bardswell since 2025
- John Donald Simon Mayhew since 2021
- Nicola Wainwright since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Gagun Gahir Chair since 2020
- Dr Mark Alexander Ellul since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Gagun Gahir Chair since 2020
- Adele Margaret Mackinlay since 2022
- David John Smith since 2021
- Dr Mark Alexander Ellul since 2019
- Freya Hopper since 2025
- Isabella Bardswell since 2025
- John Donald Simon Mayhew since 2021
- Nicola Wainwright since 2023
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
10.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 12.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1087843
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/03/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/04/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 28 MAR 2017 as amended on 10 Jan 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 04189027 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01653 692583 · mail@encephalitis.info
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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