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ALZHEIMERS BRAIN BANK UK

Registered charity 1114578 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABBUK

The main objectives of the charity are to protect and promote the health of the public, in particular by establishing, promoting and maintaining banks of brain tissue for research into the cause, prevention and treatment and cure of Alzheimer's disease and associated neurodegenerative diseases and disorders.

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Latest income
£932k
Latest spending
£811k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £121,221 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £415,974. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with funding commitments from sponsoring charities confirmed until at least March 2027.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£932k
Total spending
£811k
Reserves (reported)
£416k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£932k£811k
31/03/2024£948k£968k
31/03/2023£896k£862k
31/03/2022£192k£148k
31/03/2021£839k£815k

Common questions

Is ALZHEIMERS BRAIN BANK UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £121,221 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £415,974. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with funding commitments from sponsoring charities confirmed until at least March 2027. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Streets Audit LLP.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUST3£29k
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION2£26k
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST2£23k
SUSANNA PEAKE CHARITABLE TRUST2£16k
THE INMAN CHARITY2£10k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST2£9k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST2£8k
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust2£700

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH INTO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE..

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ALZHEIMERS BRAIN BANK UK£932k—0unclear—no doubt
ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH INTO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. FY2025£173k—0unclear—no doubt
ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH UK FY2025£61.9m£190,001 - £200,000—within29.5%no doubt
BRAIN RESEARCH TRUST FY2026£4.4m——above—no doubt
BRACE FY2025£644k—0above11.0%no doubt
DEMENTIA RESEARCH UK FY2025£1.4m—0unclear22.1%no doubt

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