BRAINWAVE INDEPENDENCE GROUP

Registered charity 1162939 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity provides advocacy support, domiciliary support, advice and guidance to family members and carers.We also intend to offer day services specifically applicable to but not exclusively for persons with a Brain Injury.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF BRAIN INJURED INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RESIDENT IN EAST ANGLIA, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUCH ADVICE, INFORMATION, SERVICES, FACILITIES AND GRANTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £103,980 for the year, reducing unrestricted funds from £136,573 to £32,593. The trustees acknowledge this deficit but describe the recent strategic relocation and lease expansion as vital investments for future revenue streams. The financial statements were prepared under the small companies regime and are unaudited.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Brainwave Independence Group Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Karen Stebbingschair
• Bobby John Jay
• Daniel Shreeve
• Deborah Murray
• Howard Thomas
• Tracey Bowler
• michelle Innes

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

Operates in: Bedford · Cambridgeshire · Essex · Hertfordshire · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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