Registered charity (CIO) · Wantage
Sudep Action
- 8 trustees
- Income £518k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr John Raymond HirstChair · since 2017
- Alexandra Eleanor StirlingTrustee · since 2017
- David James Raywood SibreeTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Rhys ThomasTrustee · since 2025
- Dr William Owen PickrellTrustee · since 2025
- Paul WarrenTrustee · since 2026
- Professor Josemir W SanderTrustee · since 2025
- Rachel ShahTrustee · since 2017
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, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.sudep.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£518k£696k
- 2024£634k£513k
- 2023£506k£413k
Earlier years
- 2022£387k£447k
- 2021£501k£426k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE DIRECTED TO SUPPORTING AND ALLEVIATING THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISTRESS OF THOSE WHO ARE BEREAVED FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF SOMEONE WITH EPILEPSY INCLUDING RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND INFLUENCING CHANGE TO IMPROVE THE TREATMENT OF BEREAVED FAMILIES.THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING AND COMMUNICATION TO PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY, THEIR FAMILIES, PROFESSIONALS, POLICY-MAKERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES CONCERNING PREVENTION OF SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY (SUDEP) AND ALL EPILEPSY-RELATED DEATHS INCLUDING RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND INFLUENCING CHANGE TO IMPROVE THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY, RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT OF RISKS AND, IN DUE COURSE, TO MINIMISE THE OCCURRENCE OF SUCH DEATHS.
Grants received
8 grants · £175,341 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
- CAF · £60,894
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £50,000 (2 grants)
- Department of Health and Social Care · £50,000
- SHAREGIFT · £10,000 (2 grants)
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £4,000
Most recent
- Department of Health and Social Care
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
- Dr John Raymond Hirst Chair since 2017
- Alexandra Eleanor Stirling since 2017
- David James Raywood Sibree since 2020
- Dr Rhys Thomas since 2025
- Dr William Owen Pickrell since 2025
- Paul Warren since 2026
- Professor Josemir W Sander since 2025
- Rachel Shah since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr John Raymond Hirst Chair since 2017
- Alexandra Eleanor Stirling since 2017
- David James Raywood Sibree since 2020
- Rachel Shah since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dr John Raymond Hirst Chair since 2017
- Alexandra Eleanor Stirling since 2017
- David James Raywood Sibree since 2020
- Paul Warren since 2026
- Professor Josemir W Sander since 2025
- Rachel Shah since 2017
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Rhys Thomas since 2025
- Dr William Owen Pickrell since 2025
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
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 10.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1164250
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 04 Nov 2015
- Contact on the register
- 01235772850 · info@sudep.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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