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.

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

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.

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 THE BRAIN TRUST LIMITED.

• THE BRAIN TRUST LIMITED income £2.1m
• BRAIN RESEARCH TRUST income £4.4m
• TOM'S TRUST income £594k
• BRAIN TUMOUR SUPPORT income £575k
• CHILD BRAIN INJURY TRUST income £1.8m
• THE BRAIN TUMOUR CHARITY income £15.3m

Side by side with its peers

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