INSTITUTE FOR FOOD, BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR

Registered charity 517817 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q6039368 · Wikipedia · also known as NATURAL JUSTICE, NATURAL JUSTICE LIMITED, SOUTH CUMBRIA ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING OPTIONS LIMITED, Think Through Nutrition

The Institute for Food, Brain and Behaviour exists to improve the lives of individuals and communities by conducting and evaluating research into the link between nutrition and behaviour, promoting public understanding, influencing policy, and - working as Think Through Nutrition - creating and implementing nutritional educational programmes.

Objects

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE HEALTH, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, AND TO ADVANCE SCIENCE BY HIGHLIGHTING THE LINKS BETWEEN NUTRITION, BRAIN HEALTH AND BEHAVIOUR, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY IMPROVING UNDERSTANDING OF GOOD NUTRITION, IMPROVING ACCESS TO GOOD NUTRITION, CONDUCTING AND EVALUATING RESEARCH, PROMOTING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, INFLUENCING POLICY, AND CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Oxford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£428k

Latest spending

£413k

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £15,576 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £428,352 and total expenditure of £412,776. Total unrestricted and restricted reserves stood at £72,480, which exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £68,375. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no matters coming to the examiner's attention that required further disclosure.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Innovate UK (37% of income)

“Innovate UK £159,300”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months operating costs including any contract termination costs for services (reserves figure: £72k)

“The level of reserves to be held is calculated to include staff salaries and costs for contractual notice period plus any projected redundancy payments, and 3 months operating costs including any contract termination costs for services. This is £68,375 for the 2026/27 financial year.” — page 22

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 5
Government income: £166,700 — contracts £166,700 (3); 39% of the £428,352 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£90,001–£100,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 2
Government income: £25,536 — grants £25,536 (2); 9% of the £269,246 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 3
Government income: £43,917 — contracts £43,917 (4); 26% of the £169,461 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Alice Margaret Parshall
FRANCESCA JOY FINDLATER · trustee of 1 other charity
Jeremy Robert Marlow
Kimberley Patricia Wilson
ROGER STEPHEN DRAGE

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£428k	£413k
31/03/2025	£269k	£310k
31/03/2024	£169k	£250k
31/03/2023	£317k	£200k
31/03/2022	£174k	£181k

Common questions

Is INSTITUTE FOR FOOD, BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £15,576 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £428,352 and total expenditure of £412,776. Total unrestricted and restricted reserves stood at £72,480, which exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £68,375. The accounts were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no matters coming to the examiner's attention that required further disclosure. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds INSTITUTE FOR FOOD, BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR?

Funders whose own accounts filings name INSTITUTE FOR FOOD, BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR as a grant recipient include MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST, INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION, CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£150k	Intermediate
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£86k	Intermediate
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£20k	Discretionary Grants
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT	FY2025	£14k	Payments to collaborating organisations
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£11k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k

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
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION	2	£775k
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	1	£400k
BREAST CANCER NOW	1	£249k
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION	1	£220k
FOUNDATIONS - WHAT WORKS CENTRE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES	1	£135k
THE NUTRITIONAL WELLBEING FOUNDATION	1	£120k
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£103k
TRUST FOR LONDON	1	£90k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOOD FOR THE BRAIN FOUNDATION.

FOOD FOR THE BRAIN FOUNDATION income £464k
THE INSTITUTE FOR OPTIMUM NUTRITION income £2.1m
THE BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION income £954k
INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT STUDIES income £4.1m
FOOD FOUNDATION income £2.0m
QUADRAM INSTITUTE BIOSCIENCE income £20.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
INSTITUTE FOR FOOD, BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR	£428k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
FOOD FOR THE BRAIN FOUNDATION FY2025	£464k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE INSTITUTE FOR OPTIMUM NUTRITION FY2025	£2.1m	—	—	unclear	—	material uncertainty
THE BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION FY2025	£954k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT STUDIES FY2025	£4.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FOOD FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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