Common questions about Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action a good charity? +
Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action scores 93 out of 100 (5 stars — Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 94% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action as a registered charity (charity number 1003317). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1003317&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action's charity number? +
Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action's charity number is 1003317. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action's charity rating? +
Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action scores 93 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 94% of Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 6% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 7% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action. Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £60,001–£70,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action receive? +
Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action reported £599k total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-28). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action based? +
Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action's registered contact address is in Guildford (GU14 7SR). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, with a focus on disability.
How much is Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £60,001–£70,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action's money come from? +
Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action reported £599k total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £449k (75%), trading and fundraising events £130k (22%), investments £21k (3%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action? +
The register records Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action's trustees paid? +
Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action: Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association; Tourettes Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action.
When was Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action registered as a charity? +
Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action was entered on the register on 24 June 1991. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 02613993).
How does CharityCompare score Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading As Tourettes Action's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.