BRITISH ACOUSTIC NEUROMA ASSOCIATION CIO

Registered charity 1165065 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH ACOUSTIC NEUROMA ASSOCIATION, BANA

BANA is a support & information charity connecting people with an Acoustic Neuroma diagnoises across the UK; online, and via a volunteer support network at area meetings. We have a dedicated support team and provide relevant and up to date information sourced from the medical profession. BANA actively supports research and will initiate research when funding allows.

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Latest income

£68k

Latest spending

£80k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £68,921 at the end of the financial year, a decrease from the previous year's £80,493. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue its operations and has adopted the going concern basis. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: adequate levels of working capital required to meet the legal responsibilities of the charity (held: £69k)

“We will maintain our reserves policy, reflecting adequate levels of working capital required to meet the legal responsibilities of 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — British Acoustic Neuroma Association CIO (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/06/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Craig Stevenschair
Aarti Kumar
Andrew Read
James Gibbons
Juliette Buttimore
Laura Marshall
Lisa Holmes
Peter Monksfield
Pooja Patel
Steve Wheeldon Trustee
Suzanne Falkingham

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£68k	£80k
31/03/2024	£61k	£53k
31/03/2023	£42k	£58k
31/03/2022	£74k	£54k
31/03/2021	£86k	£45k

Common questions

Is BRITISH ACOUSTIC NEUROMA ASSOCIATION CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £68,921 at the end of the financial year, a decrease from the previous year's £80,493. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue its operations and has adopted the going concern basis. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or pension deficits. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	25/09/2020	£9k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/07/2019	£8k	BANA - Building Bridges of Support