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Finance Score: -6
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 0
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -4
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

BRAIN RESEARCH TRUST 

Brain Research UK (the working name of Brain Research Trust) promotes and supports basic and clinical research into neurological disease which affects one in five people in the UK. We fund ground-breaking research at UK-wide centres of excellence for scientific research into neurological diseases and conditions.The financial information below reflects 18 month activity.
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Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£3,197£3,005£192£1,103£9,993£7,06228.250
31/03/22£2,029£3,248£-1,219£757£10,637£7,48127.660
31/03/21£1,751£3,311£-1,560£685£11,574£7,9992960
31/03/20?£2,501£3,669£-1,168£1,129£10,885£7,3522440
30/09/18£2,329£4,718£-2,389£626£13,108£8,47221.550
30/09/17£1,998£2,709£-711£960£15,172£8,43237.490
30/09/16£2,610£4,180£-1,570£1,653£14,865£8,32923.980
30/09/15£2,152£3,054£-902£1,793£17,107£9,77538.470
30/09/14£1,872£2,141£-269£802£18,256£10,38158.250
30/09/13£1,651£3,792£-2,141£609£17,817£9,77830.950
30/09/12£1,748£1,877£-129£553£18,686£8,90556.950
30/09/11*£1,428£2,009£-581£390£17,339£7,89147.150
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 42.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 39.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 37%
Liabilities/Income: 182%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 71%
Reserves/Spending: 28.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 14 years

brainresearchuk.org.uk

info@brainresearchuk.org.uk

02074049982

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Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Scientific research and testing services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 5 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Brain Research Trust
£150 01/12/2021
Donation from Alan G R Findlay
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Brain Research Trust
£125 05/11/2020
General charitable donation from Alan Findlay

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-69
  • JIM GOLLAN (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Director Non Executive
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/08/2010, number: 1137560
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/08/2010, number: 07345516
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR11: 14 days late,
Main office

Fifth Floor
Holborn Gate
330 High Holborn
London
WC1V 7QH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT BY ALL AVAILABLE MEANS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION INTO AND STUDY OF DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND ALLIED SUBJECTS, AND PARTICULARLY THE CAUSES, MEANS OF PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, METHOD OF TREATMENT AND CURE OF SUCH DISEASES AND PUBLICATION OF SUCH RESEARCH, STUDY AND INVESTIGATION (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS “NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH”) WHICH TERM SHALL INCLUDE THE PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY (QUEEN SQUARE) AND SUCH OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN WHICH SUCH RESEARCH INVESTIGATION OR STUDY IS OR IS TO BE PURSUED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED.

Data Sources

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