THE BRAIN AND SPINE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1098528 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Brain and Spine Foundation offers a UK-wide information service to people affected by neurological conditions. This information is available on the charity's website www.brainandspine.org.uk and in 25+ booklets. A freephone Helpline service is staffed by specialist neuroscience nurses to answer queries on conditions, symptoms and investigations linked to the brain and spine.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES IN THE UK FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:- PROVIDING INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK WITH THEM; AND - PROMOTING UNDERSTANDING OF NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free unrestricted reserves stood at £71,188, which is below the charity's stated policy target of six months of expenditure. Per the trustees' report, while the reserves target has not yet been met, the charity has a strong funding pipeline and rigorous cost controls in place to rebuild reserves progressively.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Brain & Spine Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Lucechair
• Asli Guner-Paul
• Carolyn Louise Turner
• Ifeyinwa Kantonna
• Jeroen Huysinga · trustee of 2 other charities
• Kavita Basi
• Lauren Downie

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

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

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRAIN CHARITY.

• THE BRAIN CHARITY income £1.8m
• RE:COGNITION HEALTH BRAIN AND MIND FOUNDATION income £419
• BRAIN RESEARCH TRUST income £4.4m
• UNITED KINGDOM ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY FORUM income £230k
• MIND IN BRIGHTON & HOVE income £1.0m
• CEREBRA - FOR BRAIN INJURED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE income £2.8m

Side by side with its peers

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