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the national centre for young people with epilepsy charitable trust

The charity supports children and young people and people with disabilities. The National Centre For Young People With Epilepsy Charitable Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by providing services. The charity is based in Lingfield and operates in England And Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

Established in 1897 the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy is a national charity that is the UK's major provider of services to children and young people with epilepsy and associated learning, emotional and behavioural difficulties. The Trading Name, Young Epilepsy, launched in Nov 2011, reflects our ambition to reach as many of the 112,700 young people with epilepsy, as possible.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£25,101,000
Latest Expenditure
£25,416,000

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 98.5%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 97.3%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 3.5%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £1,886,000
Charitable Activities £22,020,000
Other Trading £379,000
Investments £0
Other Income £816,000

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £24,719,000
Raising Funds £697,000
Governance £194,852
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£25,101,000£25,416,000£24,719,000£17,645,000£107,000558 / 3
2023£22,193,000£23,999,000£23,453,000£18,440,000£1,182,000554 / 202
2022£22,817,000£23,371,000£22,978,000£18,623,000£2,485,000578 / 0
2021£24,522,000£24,794,000£24,393,000£17,223,000£4,122,000638 / 4
2020£25,310,000£25,803,000£25,372,000£17,062,000£4,580,000637 / 5

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers