Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 10
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

BRAINSTRUST

The Trust's principal charitable objects are to provide funding for the support of and treatment for people diagnosed with primary brain cancer, particularly critically sited brain tumours. The Trust also funds translational scientific research into the treatment of brain cancer.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
31/03/23£692£792£-100£63£604£2053.115200
31/03/22£952£663£289£90£704£274515220
31/03/21£741£511£230£39£415£2686.31389
31/03/20£607£624£-17£66£186£791.51350
31/03/19£599£669£-70£91£202£1091.914100
31/03/18£553£464£89£67£272£1744.5130
31/03/17£745£759£-14£99£183£1211.9140
31/03/16£740£697£43£67£197£1302.2110
31/03/15£422£461£-39n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£435£430£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£422£421£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£398£353£45n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£354£338£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£330£329£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£212£149£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£49£18£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£77£46£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 15.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 7.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 34%
Reserves/Spending: 3.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 14.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 18 years

www.brainstrust.org.uk

hq@brainstrust.org.uk

01983292405

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Outpatient support services
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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£395,186
DCMS£93,000
Rank Foundation£61,904
Garfield Weston Foundation£55,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Rank Foundation - Col Core Brainstrust 2023 Part
£13,195 27/04/2023
Brainstrust received a Cost of Living Core Grant to help cover overhead costs for their Leeds office.
Rank Foundation - Col Small Grant Brainstrust 2023
£3,709 27/04/2023
Brainstrust received a Cost of Living Small Grant to help cover the cost of essential IT licences.
National Lottery Community Fund - brainstrust: supporting the brain tumour community in Scotland
£10,000 28/02/2023
The group will use the funding to cover part of the salary of their brain tumour support specialist.
National Lottery Community Fund - Health and wellbeing events for the North of England brain tumour community
£9,995 03/02/2023
This funding will be used to deliver two health and wellbeing days for people living with the effects of a brain tumour. The project aims to develop community relationships reduce isolation and increase support networks.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 06/01/2023
Core costs for brainstrust, a small national charity that supports people affected by brain tumours across the UK
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Brainstrust - 10/11/22
£2,000 09/12/2022
Core Funding
Rank Foundation - GOLDEN AWARDS BRAINSTRUST 2022
£20,000 23/03/2022
The Golden Award was given to Brainstrust to help work with people with brain injuries or disease, helping them remain central to decision making about their life and future.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£93,000 23/07/2020
"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
National Lottery Community Fund - Maintaining brain tumour support in Scotland
£8,731 15/05/2020
4
This group will use funding to cover the salary of their brain tumour support specialist for Scotland.
Rank Foundation - Resilience Fund Brainstrust 2020
£25,000 24/04/2020
To cover lost income
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 21/02/2020
This request does not relate to a specific project
National Lottery Community Fund - Bridging the gap between clinical and personal care for brain tumour communities
£366,460 20/01/2020
35
The funding will contribute towards the cost of three new Support Specialists. These new roles will provide high-impact coaching and support via round-the-clock phone and e-mail support. They are also responsible for building local communities ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Brain tumour support in Borders & Fife
£4,975 31/07/2019
12
This group will organise and host a series of local peer support events, meet-ups and workshops to support 200 patients affected by brain tumours and their carers.
National Lottery Community Fund - Brain tumour support in Lancs & S Yorks
£9,450 06/12/2018
12
The charity will arrange for a specialist to host "Meet-Ups" and workshops for people coming to terms with a brain cancer diagnosis with the aim of helping people come to terms with this news and access peer support. Funding will go ....more
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£4,900 07/03/2018
Helpline, advice and information, group support, workshops and online support for people with brain tumours and their families.
National Lottery Community Fund - My Fatigue Book
£4,976 22/02/2017
12
This funding will provide a toolkit helping brain tumour patients and carers to develop strategies to cope with fatigue, which will include the creation of a printed book and online resources. The group will be able to develop their existing ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - High Impact Coaching for the brain tumour community: breaking down bar
£281,163 01/06/2016
36
This project will support people affected by a brain tumour diagnosis in London, the Midlands and the South East, building on work in Sheffield and Glasgow. It will help people form self-sustaining communities to support one another at point of ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • CHRISTOPHER BAKER (Chair) Appointed: 2012
  • JACK LEWIS JARVIS Appointed: 2024
  • KEVIN HIGGS Appointed: 2008
  • PUNEET PLAHA Appointed: 2021
  • STEPHEN WARRINGTON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Management Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/06/2006, number: 1114634
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
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
17 returns made; all on time
Main office

4 Yvery Court
Castle Road
Cowes
Isle of Wight
PO31 7QG

Objectives

(I) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE RESIDING PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SUFFERING FROM PRIMARY OR SECONDARY BRAIN TUMOURS;(II) TO INCLUDE ASSISTANCE IN THE TREATMENT AN CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM SUCH CONDITION AND IN FACILITATING TRAVEL TO PLACES OF TREATMENT OR CARE;(III) THE PROMOTION AND UNDERTAKING OF RESEARCH SCIENTIFIC WORK, SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION AND DEVELOPMENT INTO ANY ASPECT OF THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY INCLUDING ALL AREAS RELATING TO THE CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, EFFECT, TREATMENT, RELIEF FROM SYMPTOMS, CARE AND PREVENTION OF PRIMARY OR SECONDARY BRAIN TUMOURS AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF ANY SUCH WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE;(IV) THE OBJECTS SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO APPLICATION WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM BUT SHALL APPLY TO TREATMENT AND CARE OF THE SAID CONDITION WORLDWIDE;(V) THE OBJECTS SHALL INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORK AND RECREATION AND THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES TREATMENT AND EQUIPMENT NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WORLDWIDE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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