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Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Deficit latest year: -2
  • Good reserves: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

THE GUARANTORS OF BRAIN 

The Guarantors of Brain promotes teaching, education and research into science of neurology and related clinical-academic disiplines, and the furthering of scientific and charitable purposes. It is funded by the publications Brain Journal and Brain Communications and provides finacial grants for a variety of events, meetings and study in the field of neuroscience.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year but the charity has substantial reserves available
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Financial Data ?

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£1,827£2,816£-989£0£7,138£7,13830.450
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 42%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 30.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 2 years

https://www.guarantorsofbrain.org/

webadmin@guarantorsofbrain.org

07940563216

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 5 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

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

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/01/2022, number: 1197319
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
1 returns made; all on time
Main office

University of Cambridge
Herchel Smith Building
Robinson Way
CAMBRIDGE
CB2 0SZ

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION AND HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE SCIENCE OF NEUROLOGY AND RELATED CLINICAL-ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS.

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