Ataxia UK

Analysis

Ataxia UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04974832). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ataxia UK reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.8m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.9m to £1.8m (-6.4%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ataxia UK sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thrive at Five (£1.8m), East Cleveland M S Home (£1.8m) and Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 53%, donations and legacies 33% and trading 13%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £230k. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 11%. Grants to other organisations totalled £78k. Reserves of £355k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.