The Anne And John Walters Charitable Trust
Charity 1040859
Overview
Summary
The Anne And John Walters Charitable Trust appears to be a grant-making charity with a focused epilepsy mission and a deliberately flexible local charitable remit. Rather than delivering services directly, it seems positioned as a funding link between epilepsy research, support organisations and other voluntary bodies. Its objects connect long-term change through research with immediate relief and family support, while trustee discretion may enable it to respond to local needs beyond its core condition-specific focus.
Operational geography
No operational geography is currently available for this organisation.
Areas of work
- General Charitable Purposes
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- People With Disabilities
How they help
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A funder connecting research and lived experience
The Trust appears to support both research into epilepsy and care for people affected by it. This may indicate a dual strategy: contributing to longer-term prevention and treatment while also helping address current needs for support and relief.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the Trust from funders focused only on medical research or only on frontline welfare, and suggests it may be relevant to organisations working across the epilepsy pathway.
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“The objects include research into the causes, prevention and treatment of epilepsy.”
Source:Charity Commission“The objects include care, treatment and support for people suffering from epilepsy and their families and dependants.”
Source:Charity Commission
An intermediary rather than a direct provider
The available evidence indicates that the Trust operates through donations and grants to organisations, rather than through its own services. Its practical influence may therefore depend on the relationships, choices and capacity of recipient charities.
Why it matters
Understanding this operating model helps identify the Trust as a potential enabling partner for voluntary organisations rather than a direct referral destination for individuals.
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“The charity provides donations to organisations and other charities.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps by making grants to organisations.”
Source:Charity Commission
A focused mission with scope for local responsiveness
Although epilepsy is the Trust's defining purpose, trustee discretion to support other local charitable purposes may create flexibility to respond to unmet needs or complementary local work.
Why it matters
This suggests potential opportunities beyond narrowly epilepsy-labelled projects, but also raises questions about how the Trust balances its specialist mission with discretionary local giving.
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“The objects include such other charitable purposes as the trustees may from time to time determine.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity supports such other local charitable purposes as the trustees determine.”
Source:Organisation
- Which organisations, places or types of work receive grants is unknown.
- The scale, frequency and decision criteria of grant-making are not provided.
- It is unclear how much discretionary local giving occurs alongside epilepsy-focused funding.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent grant recipient lists, grant values and geographic coverage.
- Grant guidelines, trustee reports or accounts showing funding priorities and outcomes.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
THE CHARITY PROVIDES DONATIONS TO ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER CHARITIES THAT SUPPORT: 1. THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY 2. THE ALLEVIATION OF SUFFERING FROM EPILEPSY AND THE PROVISION OF CARE, TREATMENT AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM EPILEPSY AND THEIR FAMILIES 3. SUCH OTHER LOCAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE
Charity objects
(1) THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF RESEARCH INTO ALL MATTERS CONNECTED WITH OR BEARING UPON THE CAUSES PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY IN ALL ITS FORMS (2) THE ALLEVIATION OF SUFFERING OCCASIONED BY EPILEPSY AND THE PROVISION OF CARE TREATMENT AND SUPPORT FOR PERSONS SUFFERING FROM EPILEPSY AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS (3) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE