01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 5 August 1964
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 00797997
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £5,344,024
- Latest expenditure
- £4,295,905
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: NEW ANSTEY HOUSE, GATE WAY DRIVE, YEADON, LEEDS, LS19 7XY
Website recorded by the regulator: www.epilepsy.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Exists to improve the lives of people affected by epilepsy.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 18 September 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 18 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £5,344,024
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,295,905
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 19 September 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £3,624,556
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,300,323
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £2,767,139
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,113,476
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 24 July 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 24 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £5,307,506
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,512,163
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 5 July 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 5 July 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £3,314,918
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,299,536
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 18 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £5,344,024
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,295,905
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 4
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 461
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 19 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £3,624,556
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,300,323
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 450
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £2,767,139
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,113,476
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 326
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 24 July 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £5,307,506
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,512,163
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 500
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 5 July 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £3,314,918
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £3,299,536
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 500
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 18 September 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 4835722
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 233749
- Income Charitable Activities
- 190791
- Income Investments
- 83762
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 5344024
- Income Legacies
- 2523759
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £1,184,970
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,849,397
- Expenditure Other
- 261538
- Expenditure Total
- 4295905
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 207213
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1790310
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 9012
- Gain Loss Investment
- 66066
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £3,452,680
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1781683
- Assets Own Use
- 209948
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1571735
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,018,922
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £270,866
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £4,529,739
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 270866
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £1,668,876
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 3452680
- Funds Restricted
- 1077059
- Funds Total
- 4529739
- Count Employees
- 75
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 19 September 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 3213711
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 172830
- Income Charitable Activities
- 155579
- Income Investments
- 82436
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 3624556
- Income Legacies
- 1258654
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £1,184,619
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,841,269
- Expenditure Other
- 274435
- Expenditure Total
- 4300323
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 328365
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1827722
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 12397
- Gain Loss Investment
- 101760
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £2,150,717
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1824489
- Assets Own Use
- 318810
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1505679
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,960,089
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £369,024
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,415,554
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 369024
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £592,714
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2150717
- Funds Restricted
- 1264837
- Funds Total
- 3415554
- Count Employees
- 76
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 28 October 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 2418319
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 83167
- Income Charitable Activities
- 141813
- Income Investments
- 123840
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 2767139
- Income Legacies
- 537746
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £1,322,497
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,748,281
- Expenditure Other
- 42698
- Expenditure Total
- 4113476
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 6386
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 167458
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1842774
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 13604
- Gain Loss Investment
- 67222
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £2,463,470
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2330972
- Assets Own Use
- 419937
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 1911035
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,993,372
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £334,783
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,989,561
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 334783
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £878,063
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 2463470
- Funds Restricted
- 1526091
- Funds Total
- 3989561
- Count Employees
- 75
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 24 July 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 4942533
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 109250
- Income Charitable Activities
- 155524
- Income Investments
- 100199
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 5307506
- Income Legacies
- 2134946
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £1,346,177
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,165,986
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 3512163
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 13099
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 107694
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1085781
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 26956
- Gain Loss Investment
- -198820
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £3,692,339
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2891660
- Assets Own Use
- 533153
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 2358507
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £2,655,013
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £277,997
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £5,268,676
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 277997
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £768,594
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 3692339
- Funds Restricted
- 1576337
- Funds Total
- 5268676
- Count Employees
- 64
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 5 July 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 2988108
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 63566
- Income Charitable Activities
- 179429
- Income Investments
- 83815
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 3314918
- Income Legacies
- 1061959
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £1,167,079
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,005,297
- Expenditure Other
- 127160
- Expenditure Total
- 3299536
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 13166
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 44453
- Expenditure Governance
- 92549
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 1072937
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 26334
- Gain Loss Investment
- 212184
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £3,011,704
- Assets Total Fixed
- 2664648
- Assets Own Use
- 107321
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 2557327
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £1,198,701
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £191,196
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £3,672,153
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 191196
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £952,406
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 3011704
- Funds Restricted
- 660449
- Funds Total
- 3672153
- Count Employees
- 63
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Guernsey
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Northern Ireland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Scotland
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Isle Of Man
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Jersey
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Europe
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 103
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BRITISH EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1964-08-05T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- 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
- 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
- Area Of Benefit
- NATIONAL
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 96763
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- EPILEPSY ACTION
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Risk management