Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

TIMOTHY SYNDROME ALLIANCE (TSA)

TIMOTHY SYNDROME ALLIANCE (TSA) IS A WORLDWIDE PATIENT GROUP ORGANISATION WHICH HELPS AND SUPPORTS INDIVIDUALS WITH CACNA1C-RELATED DISORDERS, INCLUDING TIMOTHY SYNDROME AND LONGQT8, AND THEIR FAMILIES/CARERS. WE RAISE AWARENESS TO DRIVE RESEARCH AND CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT TO ENHANCE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING TO FIND A CURE.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
30/11/23£21£12£9n/a
30/11/22£10£5£5n/a
30/11/21£6£3£3n/a
30/11/20£2£0£2n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.timothysyndrome.org

sophie@timothysyndrome.org

07941881340

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Dubai, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Throughout England And Wales, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Local Trust - Project Funding
£9,636 30/06/2023
Funding mental health counselling programmes to help families affected by our complex rare disease cope with the psychological challenges.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

  • CLIN. GENET RESEARCHER KATHERINE TIMOTHY Appointed: 2020
  • GALINA GARDINER Appointed: 2019
  • GEMMA DUNCAN Appointed: 2024
  • MEG MCLAUGHLIN Appointed: 2019
  • NICHOLAS MUIR Appointed: 2019
  • SOPHIE MUIR (Chair) Appointed: 2019
  • SUSAN BRESNAHAN Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/09/2019, number: 1185523
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

8 Butt Street
Minchinhampton
Stroud
GL6 9JP

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE AFFECTED BY DELETERIOUS CACNA1C GENE CHANGES RESULTING IN CACNA1C-RELATED DISORDERS INCLUDING TIMOTHY SYNDROME AND LONG QT8, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS WORLDWIDE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:- (1) PROMOTING GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CAUSES, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT OF CACNA1C-RELATED DISORDERS INCLUDING TIMOTHY SYNDROME AND LONG QT8, BY THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH AND SHARING AND DISSEMINATING OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC; (2) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE SYMPTOMS, NEEDS AND RELATED MEDICAL CONDITIONS OF THOSE LIVING WITH CACNA1C-RELATED DISORDERS INCLUDING TIMOTHY SYNDROME AND LONG QT8.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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