THE BRAIN CHARITY
Registered charity 1114999 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEUROSUPPORT
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends, and carers. There are hundreds of different neurological conditions, including stroke, brain injury, dementia, cluster headaches, and many rarer ones too. We are here for every single one.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated an overall accounting surplus of £2,790 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following an operating deficit before depreciation. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £995,056, providing financial flexibility despite a challenging fundraising environment and increased demand for services.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
In the news
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Corporate structure
What the charity says about itself (2024/25)
From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.
The charity states it supported 3,660 clients in total during the period.
“3,660 TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIENTS SUPPORTED”
The charity delivered neurodiversity training to 7,020 delegates.
“DELIVERED COURSES OF 227 TRAINING TO 7,020 DELEGATES”
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Brain Charity (matched by registered charity number).
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.
- RAHMAN, Rupak Salahuddin — director, appointed 09/04/2024on trustee list
- BURQUEST, Maria — director, appointed 17/10/2023on trustee list
- BOATENG, Vanessa Akua — director, appointed 19/10/2021on trustee list
- MOORE, Perry Philip, Dr — director, appointed 19/10/2021on trustee list
- CRAIG, Ian Ashley — director, appointed 02/04/2020on trustee list
- SALE, Jacqueline — director, appointed 03/10/2019on trustee list
- SILVER, Nicholas Charles, Dr — director, appointed 08/01/2018on trustee list
- WALSH, Timothy Gerard — director, appointed 08/05/2017on trustee list
- CHAMBERS, William John, Professor — director, appointed 07/10/2015on trustee list
- REA, Mark Christopher — director, appointed 31/07/2012on trustee list
- BURQUEST, Maria — secretary, appointed 25/06/2024
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£321k
Reported reserves equal ~6.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 18.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Dr NICHOLAS SILVER · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr Perry Moore
- Ian Ashley Craig · trustee of 1 other charity
- Jacqueline Sale
- MARK REA
- Maria Burquest
- PROFESSOR WILLIAM CHAMBERS
- Professor Gus Baker
- Rupak Rahman
- Timothy Walsh
- Vanessa Boateng · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE BRAIN CHARITY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an overall accounting surplus of £2,790 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following an operating deficit before depreciation. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £995,056, providing financial flexibility despite a challenging fundraising environment and increased demand for services. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited.
Who funds THE BRAIN CHARITY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRAIN CHARITY as a grant recipient include BAKER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PENNIES FOUNDATION, LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION, CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CHURCHILL FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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