THE BRAIN TUMOUR CHARITY — grant history

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Latest income
£15.3m
Grants listed (FY2025)
40
Listed grants total
£6.2m
Accounts grants total
£6.2m

Write-backs & cancellations (all years shown): 3 entries, −£170k. These are listed separately below and are not netted off the grant totals or counted as grants.

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

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What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings that have counted grants (unverified reads are left out, so a filing whose grants are all unverified is skipped). A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2025
newResearch and Innovation Centre for Paediatric Low Grade Brain Tumours (Everest) - Dr. David Jones—£1.0m
newBRAIN MATRIX - Prof. Colin Watts—£611k
newQuest for Cures - Dr. Jun Ishihara—£340k
newQuest for Cures - Prof. Juan Pedro Martinez-Barbera—£332k
newQuest for Cures - Prof. Marcel Kool—£317k
newQuest for Cures - Prof. Barry Pizer—£288k
newQuest for Cures - Dr. Rameen Beroukhim—£282k
newThe Translational Award - Prof. Maya Thanou—£275k
not listedDKFZ - Everest Centre£988k—
not listedBirmingham£613k—
not listedUniversity Edinburgh£525k—
not listedImperial College£349k—
not listedDana-Farber£315k—
not listedCRUK Cambridge Cancer Institute£304k—
not listedNeural Development Unit£273k—
not listedICR£266k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Research and Innovation Centre for Paediatric Low Grade Brain Tumours (Everest) - Dr. David JonesFY2025£1.0mResearch programmes
BRAIN MATRIX - Prof. Colin WattsFY2025£611kClinical trials
Quest for Cures - Dr. Jun IshiharaFY2025£340kResearch programmes
Quest for Cures - Prof. Juan Pedro Martinez-BarberaFY2025£332kResearch programmes
Quest for Cures - Prof. Marcel KoolFY2025£317kResearch programmes
Quest for Cures - Prof. Barry PizerFY2025£288kResearch programmes
Quest for Cures - Dr. Rameen BeroukhimFY2025£282kResearch programmes
The Translational Award - Prof. Maya ThanouFY2025£275kResearch projects
The Translational Award - Prof. John AndersonFY2025£246kResearch projects
Quest for Cures - Prof. Louis CheslerFY2025£239kResearch programmes
Future Leaders Junior Fellowship - Dr. Spencer WatsonFY2025£150kResearch projects
Future Leaders Junior Fellowship - Dr. Tyler MillerFY2025£150kResearch projects
Chair of Translational Neuro-oncology - Prof. Petra HamerlikFY2025£139kFellowships
ARISTOCRAT - Prof. Susan ShortFY2025£107kClinical trials
Quest for Cures - Dr. Pau CreixellFY2025£105kResearch programmes
Future Leaders - Dr. Antonio Carlos Fuentes FayosFY2025£100kResearch projects
High Risk Medulloblastoma - Prof. Simon BaileyFY2025£85kClinical trials
Future Leaders - Dr. Ángel Álvarez-PradoFY2025£75kResearch projects
Future Leaders - Dr. Claire VinelFY2025£75kResearch projects
Future Leaders - Dr. Charlotte EatonFY2025£75kResearch projects
Future Leaders - Dr. Mara De MartinoFY2025£75kResearch projects
Future Leaders - Dr. Christopher MountFY2025£75kResearch projects
Future Leaders - Mr. Ola RominiyiFY2025£75kResearch projects
Future Leaders - Dr. Emily BatesFY2025£74kResearch projects
Expanding Theories - Dr. Youri HoogstrateFY2025£73kResearch projects
Quality of Life - Dr. Debbie HicksFY2025£73kResearch projects
Expanding Theories - Dr. Elizabeth CooperFY2025£72kResearch projects
Quality of Life - Dr. Sarita DepaniFY2025£72kResearch projects
Future Leaders - Dr. Jessica TaylorFY2025£71kResearch projects
Cancer Tech Accelerator - Mr. Richard MairFY2025£70kResearch projects
Expanding Theories - Dr. Lucy SteadFY2025£67kResearch projects
Quality of Life - Dr. Faye DidymusFY2025£67kResearch projects
Future Leaders - Dr. Bo SunFY2025£62kResearch projects
Expanding Theories - Prof. Khuloud Al-JamalFY2025£56kResearch projects
Future Leaders - Dr. Mathew ClementFY2025£47kResearch projects
Quality of Life - Ms. Vicky KingFY2025£43kResearch projects
Clinical Biomarkers - Dr. Gelareh ZadehFY2025£41kResearch projects
Quality of Life - Prof. Colin KennedyFY2025£35kResearch projects
Centre for Genomic Regulation - Prof. Luciano Di CroceFY2025£28kResearch projects
Institute of Biomedical Research - Dr. Maria AlievaFY2025£24kResearch projects
DKFZ - Everest CentreFY2024£988kProgramme - Jones - DKFZ - Everest Centre
BirminghamFY2024£613kClinical Trial - Watts - Birmingham - BRAIN-MATRIX
University EdinburghFY2024£525kProgramme - Carragher - University Edinburgh - Therapeutic combinations in GBM
Imperial CollegeFY2024£349kProgramme - Ishihara - Imperial College - Elimination of recurrent Glioblastoma
Dana-FarberFY2024£315kProgramme - Quest for Cures 2019 - Beroukhim - Dana-Farber
CRUK Cambridge Cancer InstituteFY2024£304kProgramme - Gilbertson - CRUK Cambridge Cancer Institute- ST-EP-RELA and CPC
Neural Development UnitFY2024£273kProgramme - Barbera - Neural Development Unit TANGENTIAL
ICRFY2024£266kProgramme - Quest for Cures 2019 - Chesler ICR
HeidelbergFY2024£259kProgramme - Kool & Becker - Heidelberg - COMMAND
UCLFY2024£218kProgramme - Parrinello - UCL - Mapping spatio-temporal heterogenity
ICRFY2024£200kProject - Jones - ICR Centre of Excellence
St JudesFY2024£184kProgramme - Northcott - St Judes - MERIT
UCLFY2024£176kProgramme - Hargrave - UCL -CONNECT TarGeT
LausanneFY2024£150kProject - Watson - Lausanne
MassachusettsFY2024£150kProject - Miller - Massachusetts
NewcastleFY2024£84kClinical Trial - HR-MB - Bailey - Newcastle
University of California San FranciscoFY2024£69kProject - Aghi - University of California San Francisco
University SouthamptonFY2024£61kProgramme - Kennedy - University Southampton - PNET5 QoL
Royal Adelaide HospitalFY2024£59kProject - Brown - Royal Adelaide Hospital
IC LondonFY2024£46kProject - Williams - IC London
Uni of Cape TownFY2024£26kProject - Davidson Uni of Cape Town
University BirminghamFY2024£22kClinical Trial - Kearns - University Birmingham - PNET5 CTU
University ColoradoFY2024£20kProgramme - Hankinson - University Colorado - Adamantinomous craniopharyngioma
CRUK Cambridge Cancer InstituteFY2021£945kProgramme - Gilbertson - ST-EP-RELA and CPC
Alder HeyFY2021£578kClinical Trial - Mallucci - NORDIC
University EdinburghFY2021£387kProject - Brennan - LG to HG transformation
UCLFY2021£339kProject – Clark – Neurocognitive effects of medullo
University SouthamptonFY2021£338kProgramme - Kennedy - PNET5 QoL
SGC OxfordFY2021£338kProject - Bullock - ALK2/ACVR1 Kinase Inhibitors for DIPG Therapy
UCLFY2021£317kProgramme - Parrinello - Mapping Spatio-temporal heterogenity
University of ColoradoFY2021£300kProgramme - Hankinson - Adamantinomous Craniopharyngioma
University EdinburghFY2021£300kProject - Edinburgh - Brenan
University SouthamptonFY2021£238kProject - Kennedy - PROMOTE
University EdinburghFY2021£219kProject - Rooney - BT LIFE
UCLFY2021£216kDevelopment of a Novel Tumour-Targeting Thermogel activated by Matrix Metalloproteinases
VU AmsterdamFY2021£195kProgramme - Wurdinger - WINDOW
University BirminghamFY2021£195kClinical Trial - Hargrave - BIOMEDE
Uni BirminghamFY2021£140kProject - Hawkins - Combining child and YA data for better monitoring
University EdinburghFY2021£111kProgramme - Pollard - Chromatin targets in GBM
SheffieldFY2021£111kProject - Rominiyi - Ex-vivo 3D models
University LeedsFY2021£101kClinical Trial - Short - ReoGlio
St JudesFY2021£101kProgramme - Northcott - MERIT
University Health NetworkFY2021£96kProgramme - Zadeh - Clinically Aggressive Meningiomas
University GlasgowFY2021£96kClinical Trial - Chalmers - PARADIGM 2
Dana-FarberFY2021£88kQfCs 2019 - Beroukhim
LausanneFY2021£60kProject - Hegi - MGMT methylation
UCLFY2021£60kProgramme - Hochhauser - SDBCU
University BirminghamFY2021£60kClinical Trial - Kearns - PNET5 CTU
NewcastleFY2021£60kClinical Trial - HR-MB - Bailey
St JudeFY2021£60kFellowship - Bihannic - Origins of Groups 3 and 4 medullo
ICRFY2021£60kQfCs 2019 - Chesler
Massachusetts General HospitalFY2021£56kProject - Schuemann - Extreme dose rate proton therapy
INTREPID NottinghamFY2021£56kClinical Trial - Walker - INTREPID Nottingham
CambridgeFY2021£54kProject - Hart
DKFZFY2021£54kProgramme - Jones - Everest Centre
ICRFY2021£44kProgramme - Chesler - Medullo Super enhancers
NottinghamFY2021£44kProject - Smith - RNA Methylation
University EdinburghFY2021£43kProgramme - Carragher - Therapeutic Combinations in GBM
Leiden University Medical CentreFY2021£43kProject - Taphoorn - Defining Patient Reported Outcomes
Birmingham (9/120)FY2021£36kClinical Trial - Michalski
Erasmus Medical CentreFY2021£18kProject - van den Bent - Refining glioma classification in CATNON trial
University BaselFY2021amount not statedProject - Hutter - Microglial drug response in GBM bioreactors
University LeedsFY2021amount not statedProject - Stead - GBM Nanobiopsy
Trinity CollegeFY2021amount not statedProject - Bracken - EZH2 in DIPG
The Everest Centre for Research into Paediatric Low Grade Brain TumoursFY2021amount not statedResearch into paediatric low grade brain tumours
CardiffFY2021amount not statedQoL 2019 - Byrne
University OxfordFY2021amount not statedProject - D'Angiolella - Blocking MTAP in GBM
SouthamptonFY2021amount not statedConferences and workshops - Kennedy
ReMission SummitFY2021amount not statedConferences and workshops - ReMission Summit
OtherFY2021amount not statedOther
The Oli Hilsdon FoundationFY2021amount not statedPartnership for research into glioblastoma (GBM)
Charite HospitalFY2021amount not statedCB 2019/2 - Euskirchen
ErasmusFY2021amount not statedET 2019/2 - French
UCLFY2021amount not statedET 2019/2 - Brandner
NottinghamFY2021amount not statedFL 2019 - Croal
LausanneFY2021amount not statedFL 2019 - Watson
MassachusettsFY2021amount not statedFL 2019 - Miller
Jackson LaboratoryFY2021amount not statedProject - Verhaak - ecDNA isolation and targeting in GBM
St JudesFY2021amount not statedProject - Northcott - Refining medullo in USA clinical trials
Telethon Kids InstituteFY2021amount not statedProject - Johns - Ion channel drugs
University Health NetworkFY2021amount not statedProject - Diamandis - AI to classify tumours
University NottinghamFY2021amount not statedProject - Serres - STAT3 and hypoxia in GBM
Dana-FarberFY2021amount not statedFL 2019 - Rendo
Erasmus Medical CentreFY2021amount not statedProject - Smits - Mapping biomarkers with MRI

23 listed grants have no usable amount in the accounts (shown as “amount not stated”); they are left out of the grant counts and totals.

Write-backs & cancellations

3 entries totalling −£170k in this funder’s accounts are negative amounts, such as the write-back of an accrued grant or a cancelled grant. They are shown here on their own and are not netted off the grants total or counted as grants above. They are in the CSV with amount_note “write_back”.

RecipientYearAmountPurpose
UHNFY2021−£85kCB 2019/2 - Zadeh
ICRFY2021−£73kProject - Jones - Gene editing for DIPG - Billie Butterfly Fund
Newcastle UniversityFY2021−£12kProject - Sharp - Self-supporting management for survivors

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 6195000 vs reference 6206000 (0.2% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder or a recipient and want a correction, email [email protected].