A battery charging management apparatus, comprising: a degradation rate estimating unit configured to estimate a degradation rate of a secondary battery; a ceiling calculating unit configured to calculate a charge ceiling voltage based on the degradation rate estimated by the degradation rate estimating unit; a charge control unit configured to control the charging of the secondary battery so that the secondary battery is charged only up to the charge ceiling voltage calculated by the ceiling calculating unit; and a memory unit configured to store information required for operating at least one of the degradation rate estimating unit, the ceiling calculating unit and the charge control unit; characterized in that: the memory unit is configured to store a positive electrode full charge initial potential which is a positive electrode full charge potential in a state where the degradation rate of the battery is 0%, a positive electrode reference potential profile as a function of a discharge capacity and a full cell reference potential profile as a function of the discharge capacity for each of a plurality of degradation rates; the ceiling calculating unit is configured to: extract a positive electrode reference potential profile based on the estimated degradation rate, and a full cell reference potential profile based on the estimated degradation rate; calculate a discharge capacity corresponding to the positive electrode full charge initial potential from the extracted positive electrode reference potential profile; and calculate a voltage corresponding to the calculated discharge capacity from the extracted full cell reference potential profile as the charge ceiling voltage. a degradation rate estimating unit configured to estimate a degradation rate of a secondary battery; a ceiling calculating unit configured to calculate a charge ceiling voltage based on the degradation rate estimated by the degradation rate estimating unit; a charge control unit configured to control the charging of the secondary battery so that the secondary battery is charged only up to the charge ceiling voltage calculated by the ceiling calculating unit; and a memory unit configured to store information required for operating at least one of the degradation rate estimating unit, the ceiling calculating unit and the charge control unit; characterized in that: the memory unit is configured to store a positive electrode full charge initial potential which is a positive electrode full charge potential in a state where the degradation rate of the battery is 0%, a positive electrode reference potential profile as a function of a discharge capacity and a full cell reference potential profile as a function of the discharge capacity for each of a plurality of degradation rates; the ceiling calculating unit is configured to: extract a positive electrode reference potential profile based on the estimated degradation rate, and a full cell reference potential profile based on the estimated degradation rate; calculate a discharge capacity corresponding to the positive electrode full charge initial potential from the extracted positive electrode reference potential profile; and calculate a voltage corresponding to the calculated discharge capacity from the extracted full cell reference potential profile as the charge ceiling voltage. the memory unit is configured to store a positive electrode full charge initial potential which is a positive electrode full charge potential in a state where the degradation rate of the battery is 0%, a positive electrode reference potential profile as a function of a discharge capacity and a full cell reference potential profile as a function of the discharge capacity for each of a plurality of degradation rates; the ceiling calculating unit is configured to: extract a positive electrode reference potential profile based on the estimated degradation rate, and a full cell reference potential profile based on the estimated degradation rate; calculate a discharge capacity corresponding to the positive electrode full charge initial potential from the extracted positive electrode reference potential profile; and calculate a voltage corresponding to the calculated discharge capacity from the extracted full cell reference potential profile as the charge ceiling voltage. extract a positive electrode reference potential profile based on the estimated degradation rate, and a full cell reference potential profile based on the estimated degradation rate; calculate a discharge capacity corresponding to the positive electrode full charge initial potential from the extracted positive electrode reference potential profile; and calculate a voltage corresponding to the calculated discharge capacity from the extracted full cell reference potential profile as the charge ceiling voltage.