TOURETTE SYNDROME (UK) ASSOCIATION TRADING AS TOURETTES ACTION

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
We help those affected by Tourette Syndrome (TS) and want people with TS to receive the practical support and social acceptance they need to help them live their lives to the full. Our 4 main goals: Raise Awareness, Provide Training & Support, Push for Health Service Improvements, Provide Ground Level Support through our helpdesk, support groups, webinars, workshops, and weekend residential events
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income:
£639,618
Donations and legacies | £518.25k | |
Charitable activities | £0 | |
Other trading activities | £105.49k | |
Investments | £15.89k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£623,227
Raising funds | £35.26k | |
Charitable activities | £587.97k | |
Other | £0 |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
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Raising funds and other expenditure | £35.26k | |
Charitable expenditure | £587.97k | |
Retained for future use | £16.39k |
People

14 Employee(s)
12 Trustee(s)
24 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Disability
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
- Other Defined Groups
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Throughout England And Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
Governance
- 24 June 1991: Standard registration
- TOURETTES ACTION (Working name)
- TSA (Working name)
- TSA (UK) (Working name)
- TOURETTE SYNDROME (UK) ASSOCIATION (Previous name)
- TOURETTES SYNDROME (UK) ASSOCIATION TRADING AS TOURETTES ACTION (Previous name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
12 Trustee(s)
Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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Marc Joseph Lewis | Chair | 29 November 2020 |
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Dr Tara Linda Murphy | Trustee | 02 December 2023 |
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Felix Lawrence Doran Peckitt | Trustee | 02 December 2023 |
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Sharon Julie White | Trustee | 04 December 2022 |
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Sonal Dhulashia | Trustee | 04 December 2022 |
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Dr Jeremy Stern | Trustee | 29 November 2020 |
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Amanda Pape | Trustee | 30 November 2019 |
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Ian Richard Ayres | Trustee | 30 November 2019 |
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Genna Barnett | Trustee | 30 November 2019 |
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Edward Roland Palmer | Trustee | 15 October 2016 |
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Eileen Joyce | Trustee | 15 October 2016 |
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Anna Jane Bhandari | Trustee | 25 July 2015 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £455.35k | £412.43k | £493.50k | £632.54k | £639.62k | |
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Total expenditure | £499.18k | £297.91k | £296.35k | £550.30k | £623.23k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | £30.29k | £2.57k | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | N/A | N/A | N/A | £534.61k | £518.25k | |
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Income - Other trading activities | N/A | N/A | N/A | £90.58k | £105.49k | |
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Income - Charitable activities | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Endowments | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | N/A | N/A | N/A | £7.35k | £15.89k | |
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Income - Other | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | £4.40k | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | N/A | N/A | N/A | £518.00k | £587.97k | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | N/A | N/A | N/A | £32.31k | £35.26k | |
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Expenditure - Governance | N/A | N/A | N/A | £5.85k | £7.32k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | N/A | N/A | N/A | £2.25k | £2.75k | |
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Long-term investments | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | £0 | |
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Other assets | N/A | N/A | N/A | £742.08k | £772.94k | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | N/A | N/A | N/A | £49.12k | £64.09k |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 29 January 2025 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 29 January 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 17 January 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 17 January 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 07 December 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 07 December 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 22 December 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 22 December 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 28 January 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 28 January 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/05/1991 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/11/2010 AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09/02/2011 as amended on 12 Sep 2020 as amended on 21 Oct 2022
Charitable objects
RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM THE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER KNOWN AS GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED
Contact information
- Address:
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Tourettes Action
The Meads Business Centre
19 Kingsmead
Farnborough
GU14 7SR
- Phone:
- 07443888472
- Email:
- help@tourettes-action.org.uk
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