BRAZELTON CENTRE UK CIO

Registered charity 1158765 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Brazelton Centre UK CIO promotes the better care and upbringing of infants by developing and disseminating knowledge of infant behaviour and early parent-infant relationships through providing teaching courses for practitioners who work with infants and parents, by promoting an understanding of baby behaviour to parents and by advising researchers and participating in research studies

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BETTER CARE AND UPBRINGING OF INFANTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY DEVELOPING AND DISSEMINATING KNOWLEDGE OF INFANT BEHAVIOUR AND EARLY PARENT-INFANT RELATIONSHIPS.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£467k

Latest spending

£465k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a modest net surplus of £2,250 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £624,169. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves equate to approximately 1.5 years of running costs, which is considered sufficient to meet the stated policy target of 9 to 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 9 to 12 months of running costs (held: £594k)

“The Trustees maintain a conservative approach, aiming to hold at least 9 to 12 months of running costs in reserves.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: In the prior year, consultancy fees of £6,066 were paid to one trustee for services provided to the charity.

“However, in the prior year, consultancy fees of £6,066 were paid to one trustee for services provided to the charity.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2024)

Total income

£733k

Total spending

£442k

Reserves (reported)

£605k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~16.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/09/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr SUSAN PAWLBYchair
Catherine Kolajo
Clare Cecilia Livingstone
Dr Maddalena Miele
Dr Margaret Elves Redshaw
Matthew McFeeley
Sarah Llyod- Fox

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£467k	£465k
31/10/2024	£733k	£442k
31/10/2023	£404k	£368k
31/10/2022	£414k	£324k
31/10/2021	£305k	£298k

Common questions

Is BRAZELTON CENTRE UK CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a modest net surplus of £2,250 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £624,169. Per the trustees' report, these free reserves equate to approximately 1.5 years of running costs, which is considered sufficient to meet the stated policy target of 9 to 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND	1	£14k
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION	1	£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE UNIVERSITY NURSERY PARENTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

THE UNIVERSITY NURSERY PARENTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.0m
SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP income £104k
BRENT CARERS CENTRE income £794k
MA CENTRE UK income £249k
BRONTE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE income £1.9m
CENTRE PRESCHOOL (COLCHESTER) CIO income £138k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRAZELTON CENTRE UK CIO	£467k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE UNIVERSITY NURSERY PARENTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£1.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SUTTON CENTRE UNDER 5S PLAYGROUP FY2025	£104k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRENT CARERS CENTRE FY2025	£794k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MA CENTRE UK FY2025	£249k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRONTE YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£1.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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