Finance Score: -6

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 2

Spending falling: -1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -3

THE BRAIN TRUST LIMITED

The Brain Trust was founded with one prime objective: to maximise the ability of each and every individual to unlock and deploy the vast capacity of his or her Brain. For activities undertaken please see our website, www.braintrust.org.uk

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 33 years

www.braintrust.org.uk

info@braintrust.org.uk

02072287009

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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		£21	£71	£-50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/22		£86	£81	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/21		£36	£73	£-38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£152	£124	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19	*	£195	£187	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18	*	£111	£110	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£154	£148	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£57	£52	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£23	£20	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£21	£22	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£10	£11	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£10	£13	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£6	£7	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£11	£11	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£4	£4	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£5	£13	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0	0
31/03/06	*	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0	0
31/03/05		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0	0
31/03/04		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 volunteers

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
National Lottery Community Fund - For The Curious Ones
£9,820	25/06/2021	The funding will be used to deliver creative workshops for families with children with disabilities and autism including those with higher support needs. The project aims to build a sense of ....more The funding will be used to deliver creative workshops for families with children with disabilities and autism including those with higher support needs. The project aims to build a sense of solidarity within the group around a meaningful productive activity that will also help the children reach their creative and intellectual potential.
National Lottery Community Fund - Heritage help for children with autism
£4,740	27/06/2019 12	The funding will be used to deliver a residential short break for families with autistic children. The project aims to support personal development, increase learning opportunities and improve ....more The funding will be used to deliver a residential short break for families with autistic children. The project aims to support personal development, increase learning opportunities and improve quality of life.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:

ALEXANDER PHILIP SIMON KEENE Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Chess Correspondent

JULIAN IVAN PETER SIMPOLE Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Teacher (Retired), Other trusteeship: OUTSIDE IN PATHWAYS LTD,

JEROME CHRISTOPHE HOARAU Appointed: 2024

MEHMET TASHANLIGIL Appointed: 2024

MIKOLAJ LISIAK Appointed: 2024

PROFESSOR JACQUELINE SUSAN EALES Appointed: 2012, Occupation: History Professor

RAYMOND DENNIS KEENE OBE (Chair), Occupation: Chess Correspondent

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/11/1990, number: 1001012
Registered at Companies House on 15/05/1989, number: 02383683

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
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

20 returns made; AR19: 54 days late, AR18: 79 days late, AR17: 0 days late, AR10: 12 days late, AR06: 1 days late,

Main office

86 CLAPHAM COMMON NORTH SIDE
LONDON
SW4 9SE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO STUDY OF THOUGHT PROCESSES, THE INVESTIGATION OF THE MECHANISMS OF THINKING, MANIFESTED IN LEARNING, UNDERSTANDING COMMUNICATION, PROBLEM SOLVING, CREATIVITY AND DECISION MAKING, TO DISSSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND STUDY AND TO PROMOTE GENERALLY EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN COGNITIVE PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES AND TO DEVELOP AND EXPLOIT NEW TECHNIQUES IN COGNITIVE PROCESSES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED BUT INTENDED TO BE WORLDWIDE

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