The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

British Epilepsy Association

Registered charity 234343 Registered since 1964

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Isle Of Man, Jersey

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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.

11 trustees on the board

7.1y median 5y
average tenure
19y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 11Education/training 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11

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

Health and social care 16Education 8Other services 4

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.6m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

6.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 9.3 in 2020

76 from 70 in 2020
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

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.epilepsy.org.uk
Emailepilepsy@epilepsy.org.uk
Phone01132108800
AddressNEW ANSTEY HOUSE, GATE WAY DRIVE, YEADON, LEEDS, LS19 7XY

Finances

£3,624,556 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£2,395,053£3,126,323
2021£3,314,918£3,299,536
2022£5,307,506£3,512,163
2023£2,767,139£4,113,476
2024£3,624,556£4,300,323

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

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

Charitable objects

(I) TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY OR THOSE WITH AN INTEREST IN THE CONDITION(II) TO RAISE AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONDITIONAND(III) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO EPILEPSY

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 25 MARCH 1964 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 3 MAY 1990, 23 JUNE 1994, 19 JUNE 1997, 17 JUNE 2006 AND 14 JUNE 2008. as amended on 29 Jun 2021 as amended on 09 Sept 2025

Trustees (11)

11trustees
61median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

British Epilepsy Association · 00797997 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 25/03/1964

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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