# EPILEPSY RESEARCH INSTITUTE UK

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1100394
- **Other names:** EPILEPSY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, EPILEPSY RESEARCH UK, FUND FOR EPILEPSY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04873718](https://opencompanies.uk/company/04873718)
- **Registered:** Oct. 30, 2003
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1100394


## Contact

- **Address:** 82 Tanner Street, London
- **Postcode:** SE1 3GN
- **Phone:** 020 3882 9438
- **Email:** office@epilepsy-institute.org.uk
- **Website:** www.epilepsy-institute.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND FINANCE RESEARCH INTO EPILEPSY AND ASSOCIATE DISEASES AND THEIR UNDERLYING CAUSES;2. TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE THE TREATMENT CARE AND WELFARE OF PERSONS AFFECTED FROM EPILEPSY AND ASSOCIATED DISEASES; AND 3. TO ADVANCE THE GENERAL EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF EPILEPSY AND ASSOCIATED DISEASES AND THE TREATMENT THEREOF.

**Activities:** The Epilepsy Research Institute serves as the central hub for the epilepsy research community. The Institute aims to strengthen the epilepsy research ecosystem .  Prior to becoming the Institute in 2023, it was Epilepsy Research UK which  was formed by the merger of the Epilepsy Research Foundation and the Fund for Epilepsy in April 2007.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE EUROPE
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Louise Prideaux |  | Sept. 25, 2025 |
| Jane Elizabeth Cullinan Beaven |  | Nov. 12, 2025 |
| Juliet Kate Solomon |  | Dec. 14, 2023 |
| Lesslie Anne Young |  | Dec. 14, 2023 |
| Marilyne Kekeli Abony |  | July 3, 2026 |
| Nicholas John Bennett |  | July 3, 2026 |
| Professor Anthony Marson |  | March 22, 2023 |
| Professor Mark Richardson |  | Sept. 18, 2013 |
| Professor Martin John Elliott |  | June 30, 2022 |
| Professor Matthew Walker |  | Oct. 19, 2011 |
| Professor Michael Alan Cousin |  | June 17, 2020 |
| Professor Nicholas John Lench |  | Sept. 15, 2021 |
| Rebekah Smith |  | Dec. 14, 2023 |
| Simon Lodge |  | Dec. 12, 2024 |




