BRAINWAVES RESEARCH

Registered charity 1213437 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRAINWAVES

BrainWaves is a collaborative research and education program that aims to improve adolescent mental health and wellbeing by conducting large-scale research, providing evidence-based educational resources for schools, and developing effective interventions.

Objects

2.THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED (THE "OBJECT") IS THE ADVANCEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:2.1.CREATING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR, AND PROVIDE TRAINING TO, TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO SUPPORT, MAINTAIN, AND IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE;2.2.PROMOTING AND FACILITATING RESEARCH INTO THE MENTAL HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THE SAME.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £419,806 for its first accounting period, resulting in unrestricted free reserves of the same amount. Per the trustees' report, this surplus is considered appropriate for the charity's early stage of development and aligns with its reserves policy target of three to six months of expenditure. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — BrainWaves Research (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~57.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Geoffrey Nicholas · trustee of 2 other charities
• Paulose Eapen
• Princess Dora Loewenstein

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRAINWAVE CENTRE LIMITED.

• THE BRAINWAVE CENTRE LIMITED income £2.2m
• THE WAVE PROJECT income £1.8m
• WAVE ADVENTURE income £129k
• HEADWAY NORFOLK AND WAVENEY LTD income £1.1m
• MIND OF THE STUDENT income £135k
• BRITISH PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY ASSOCIATION income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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