Epilepsy Outlook

Analysis

Epilepsy Outlook is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cleveland. It was registered in February 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Epilepsy Outlook reported income of £92k and spending of £105k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £185k to £92k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Epilepsy Outlook sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blaze 4:16-Potters Bar Foodbank (£92k), The Linden Charitable Trust (£92k) and Core Foundations (£92k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.