Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 12 ?

THE BRAIN AND SPINE FOUNDATION

The Brain & Spine Foundation is the only UK charity providing support and information on the full range of neurological conditions.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£968£1,049£-81£123£20£200.21258
31/03/23£719£800£-81£115£101£1011.5129
31/03/22£705£811£-106£152£183£1582.31315
31/03/21£893£886£7£92£289£2613.51325
31/03/20?£658£530£129£106£282£2465.6914
31/03/18£700£837£-137£244£424£3695.3140
31/03/17£1,089£846£244£245£561£4947120
31/03/16£644£842£-198£157£317£2743.9100
31/03/15£877£721£157£176£515£4757.970
31/03/14£622£737£-115£144£358£3475.770
31/03/13£632£668£-36£136£474£4698.460
31/03/12£880£572£308£114£510£51010.760
31/03/11£472£489£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£512£559£-47£163£218£2184.790
31/03/09£555£518£37£167£265£1673.970
31/03/08£469£502£-34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£569£557£12£178£262£1372.980
31/03/06£582£694£-113n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 14.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 16%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 85%
Liabilities/Income: 12%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 21 years

www.brainandspine.org.uk

info@brainandspine.org.uk

02030967880

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£330,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
DCMS£80,000
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust£7,941
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Quality of Life for Neurology
£330,000 23/06/2022
The funding will be used for the continuation and expansion of support services for individuals across England living with neurological conditions. This project will also encompass the development of NeuroLifeNow an interactive digital platform ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 04/06/2021
NeuroLifeNow & Core Services
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Brain and Spine Foundation - 12/04/21
£1,250 21/04/2021
Core Funding
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Neuro Specialist Helpline
£7,941 09/11/2020
To support the provision across Scotland of a Helpline providing help and advice on any of the 470 neurological medical conditions that affect individuals, and their families and carers, so that people can better understand, and manage, their ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£80,000 05/10/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 18/06/2019
Running costs for our charity
National Lottery Community Fund - Dealing with Back Pain
£10,000 18/05/2018
12
The funding will be used to provide information and media content in relation to back pain, to educate and improve quality of life.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 24/01/2018
Brain & Spine Foundation Helpline and Information Service
Masonic Trust - Helpline Information Officer
£60,000 19/10/2016
Grant towards the salary costs of one of the Helpline Information Officers, who provide expert information and confidential support. Helpline Officers are qualified and experienced neuroscience nurses.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Brain and Spine Foundation
£90,000 10/03/2016
12
towards three years' running costs of a project providing support, advice and information to people with neurological or spinal conditions in the UK
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 41-68
  • ASLI GUNER-PAUL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Associate General Counsel
  • CAROLYN LOUISE TURNER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • IAN BASDEN-SMITH Appointed: 2012
  • JEROEN HUYSINGA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • KAVITA BASI Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director
  • LAUREN DOWNIE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • MARK LUCE (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Consultant
  • PETER BRICKLEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Chief Informatiom Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/07/2003, number: 1098528
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/05/2002, number: 04432677
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Canopi
Unit A
Arc House
82 Tanner Street
LONDON
SE1 3GN

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES IN THE UK FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:- PROVIDING INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK WITH THEM; AND - PROMOTING UNDERSTANDING OF NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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