THE BRAIN TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1001012 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRAIN CLUBS LIMITED

The Brain Trust was founded with one prime objective: to maximise the ability of each and every individual to unlock and deploy the vast capacity of his or her Brain. For activities undertaken please see our website, www.braintrust.org.uk

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Latest income
£2.1m
Latest spending
£2.1m
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £71,226 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £33,217. Per the trustees' report, the charity operates a defined contribution pension plan and has no employees receiving emoluments exceeding £60,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the financial statements.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“No employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Brain Trust Limited used R Keene, a director, to carry out work for the charity.
“During the year to 31 March 2025, The Brain Trust Limited used R Keene, a director, to carry out work for the charity. Grants to the World Memory Championships (R D Keene), Arbiters & Arbiter training, Global mind championships, Global mind mapping championships, Global speed reading championships and Tony Buzan International Ltd are considered by the trustees.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.1m
Total spending
£2.1m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (80% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.1m£2.1m
31/03/2024£62k£58k
31/03/2023£21k£71k
31/03/2022£86k£81k
31/03/2021£36k£73k

Common questions

Is THE BRAIN TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £71,226 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £33,217. Per the trustees' report, the charity operates a defined contribution pension plan and has no employees receiving emoluments exceeding £60,000. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the financial statements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE BRAIN TRUST LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/06/2021£10kFor The Curious Ones
The National Lottery Community Fund27/06/2019£5kHeritage help for children with autism

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRAINSTRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BRAIN TRUST LIMITED£2.1mUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
BRAINSTRUST FY2025£779k—0above—no doubt
THE DISABILITIES TRUST FY2025£74.9m£220,001 - £230,000—above—no doubt
CHILD BRAIN INJURY TRUST FY2025£1.8m——within—no doubt
BRAIN RESEARCH TRUST FY2026£4.4m——above—no doubt
THE BROTHERS TRUST FY2025£597k—0above2.0%no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.