# EPILEPSY SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 206186
- **Other names:** THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EPILEPSY, EPILEPSY SOCIETY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 1962
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=206186


## Contact

- **Address:** Epilepsy Society, Chesham Lane, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire
- **Postcode:** SL9 0RJ
- **Phone:** 01494 601 300
- **Email:** company.secretary@epilepsysociety.org.uk
- **Website:** www.epilepsysociety.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) TO PROVIDE BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY FOR THE MAINTENANCE, CARE, TREATMENT, EDUCATION, OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING, OCCUPATION AND EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY AND, TO THE EXTENT THAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AFTER GIVING PRIORITY TO THE FOREGOING, FOR PEOPLE WITH OTHER PHYSICAL OR NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS OR HANDICAPS.(B) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR, INCLUDING PLAYING FIELDS, LAWNS, BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND ALL NECESSARY EQUIPMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY AND, TO THE EXTENT THAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AFTER GIVING PRIORITY TO THE FOREGOING, FOR PEOPLE WITH OTHER PHYSICAL OR NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS OR HANDICAPS.(C) TO PROVIDE BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY BY ANY LAWFUL METHOD AS THE SOCIETY MAY CONSIDER PROPER SUPPORT, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY, THEIR FAMILIES, CARERS, SUPPORT GROUPS AND BRANCHES AND OTHER PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THE CONDITION.(D) TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF EPILEPSY.(E) TO CARRY ON AND EXTEND AND DEVELOP THE CHARITABLE WORK PREVIOUSLY CARRIED ON BY THE UNINCORPORATED SOCIETY KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EPILEPSY (WHICH UNINCORPORATED SOCIETY IS HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS “THE UNINCORPORATED SOCIETY”) AT THE CHALFONT CENTRE FOR EPILEPSY AT CHALFONT ST. PETER, GERRARDS CROSS, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, SL9 0RJ.

**Activities:** To enhance the quality of life of people affected by epilepsy by promoting public awareness and education, by undertaking research and by delivering specialist medical care and support services.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £20658000 | £21796000 | £26517000 | 368 |
| March 31, 2024 | £18860000 | £20783000 | £26650000 | 319 |
| March 31, 2023 | £17899000 | £19472000 | £28149000 | 325 |
| March 31, 2022 | £16675000 | £16888000 | £27942000 | 266 |
| March 31, 2021 | £15956000 | £17127000 | £25226000 | 276 |



## Trustees

- **CATHERINE ALCOCK DL** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 2, 2015
- Andrew Gray — appointed Dec. 14, 2021
- Andrew Thomas Gosling — appointed Dec. 14, 2021
- Dr Karen Skinner — appointed Dec. 13, 2023
- Dr Robin Woolfson — appointed Dec. 13, 2023
- Hannah Purves — appointed Dec. 13, 2023
- Jacqueline Anne Sullivan — appointed March 8, 2022
- Nikolas Grant — appointed Dec. 13, 2023
- Paul Airey — appointed Dec. 12, 2025
- Penny Owen — appointed Dec. 14, 2024
- Rae Avatar Barnett — appointed Dec. 13, 2023
- Rakhi Rajani — appointed Dec. 12, 2025
- Sarah Miller — appointed Dec. 13, 2024