BRAINSTRUST

Registered charity 1114634 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC044642 (OSCR)

The Trust's principal charitable objects are to provide funding for the support of and treatment for people diagnosed with primary brain cancer, particularly critically sited brain tumours. The Trust also funds translational scientific research into the treatment of brain cancer.

Objects

(I) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SUFFERING FROM PRIMARY OR SECONDARY BRAIN TUMOURS;(II) TO INCLUDE ASSISTANCE IN THE TREATMENT AN CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM SUCH CONDITION AND IN FACILITATING TRAVEL TO PLACES OF TREATMENT OR CARE;(III) THE PROMOTION AND UNDERTAKING OF RESEARCH SCIENTIFIC WORK, SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION AND DEVELOPMENT INTO ANY ASPECT OF THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY INCLUDING ALL AREAS RELATING TO THE CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, EFFECT, TREATMENT, RELIEF FROM SYMPTOMS, CARE AND PREVENTION OF PRIMARY OR SECONDARY BRAIN TUMOURS AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF ANY SUCH WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE;(IV) THE OBJECTS SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO APPLICATION WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM BUT SHALL APPLY TO TREATMENT AND CARE OF THE SAID CONDITION WORLDWIDE;(V) THE OBJECTS SHALL INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORK AND RECREATION AND THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES TREATMENT AND EQUIPMENT NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WORLDWIDE.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Isle of Wight, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £40,076 for the year, increasing its total funds to £566,108. Unrestricted reserves rose to £185,888, which the trustees note is sufficient to cover just over four months of core costs, aligning with their stated policy. The charity reports no reportable incidents and maintains a stable financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Harrison Black Limited. Discloses 5 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Brainstrust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Garfield Weston Foundation — “We are proud to be a charity partner with Garfield Weston Foundation. The foundation is generously supporting our core costs with a grant of…” (source page)
• Edward Gostling Foundation — “We are proud to be a Charity Partner with The Edward Gostling Foundation. The foundation helped us to navigate the Covid-19 pandemic and is …” (source page)
• The Hospital Saturday Fund — “We are delighted to have the support of The Hospital Saturday Fund. The fund is supporting the running costs of our 24/7 support and unique …” (source page)
• Hodge Foundation — “We are delighted to have received a grant from the Hodge Foundation towards our specialist support service for people living in Wales.” (source page)
• Naseem’s Manx Brain Tumour Charity — “Our PRIME service is supported by Naseem’s Manx Brain Tumour Charity who have granted brainstrust £10,000 to help grow and scale PRIME’s int…” (source page)
• Moondance Foundation — “We are delighted to have funding from the Moondance Foundation to support our dedicated service in Wales.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (54% 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: 12.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER BAKERchair
• Charlotte Davies
• Jack Lewis Jarvis
• KEVIN HIGGS
• Mary Barrington Ward
• Puneet Plaha
• Stephen Warrington · trustee of 1 other charity

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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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

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 BRAINSTORM (THE OXFORD BRAIN TUMOUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION) CIO.

• BRAINSTORM (THE OXFORD BRAIN TUMOUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION) CIO income £51k
• THE BRAIN TUMOUR CHARITY income £15.3m
• THE BRAIN TRUST LIMITED income £2.1m
• BRAIN RESEARCH TRUST income £4.4m
• BRAIN TUMOUR SUPPORT income £639k
• H AND M CASTANG CHARITABLE TRUST income £80k

Side by side with its peers

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