EPILEPSY SOCIETY

1. EPILEPSY SOCIETY 1979-12-31 → present
2. NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EPILEPS (THE) 1978-12-31 → 1979-12-31
3. NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EPILEPSY (THE) 1951-03-15 → 1978-12-31

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Crowe UK LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, and therefore are satisfied that in all cases the Society remains able to meet its obligations to at least 31 March 2027, and that these accounts should be prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. EPILEPSY SOCIETY · parent
   1. Epilepsy Enterprises Limited 1% · UK · sale of goods and services to raise funds for the charity and other related trading activities
   2. NSE Facilities Limited 1% · UK · inactive other than owning the building, the Gowers Centre, from which medical services are provided to the UCLH NHS Foundation Trust

Significant events

• “73 amazing runners raised over £225,000 for us in the London Marathon alone.”
• “Sir Keir Starmer mentioned epilepsy and our campaigners twice during Prime Minister's Questions.”
• “This year it has been even more vital to make sure that epilepsy is on the political agenda. We have attended party conferences, sat alongside politicians on health panels and have spent a week in Parliament talking to MPs about the impact of epilepsy and the challenges that people face.”
• “In 2024, inomed provided the clinical research team with the Nexstim NBS 5—the most advanced clinically approved TMS system.”
• “We have launched a unique one-stop clinic for people with Dravet syndrome at our Chalfont Centre.”
• “7 out of 7 of care services rated 'good' by CQC”
• “Epilepsy Society gained PIF TICK accreditation, the UK's only assessed quality mark for print and online heath and care information.”
• “Back in June we launched our first-ever BBC Lifeline appeal to raise funds to support our research into Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP).”
• “On Purple Day, the international day of epilepsy on 26 March, we joined forces with our friends at Shout Communications for a special radio day talking about the challenges of epilepsy and promoting our seizure first aid messaging - Calm, Cushion, Call.”
• “In the financial year 2024/5 we benefited from an exceptional legacy of £1m”
• “As our Annual Report went to print, we were still on tenterhooks, awaiting the outcome of a planning inquiry which really is the gateway to a better, brighter future for people with epilepsy.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +0.8%

  £15,453,000 → £15,570,000

• Cash

  -30.7%

  £2,424,000 → £1,680,000

• Net assets

  -0.5%

  £26,650,000 → £26,517,000

• Employees

  +15.4%

  319 → 368

• Operating profit

  +40.8%

  -£1,923,000 → -£1,138,000

• Profit before tax

  +24.9%

  -£1,367,000 → -£1,026,000

• Wages

  +17.1%

  £9,275,000 → £10,857,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers