Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 12

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 10

BRAINBOX

To relieve the needs of young people with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and their families/carers by the provision of care, support and advice so that their conditions of life may be improved

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Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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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		£90	£91	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28
31/03/22		£86	£106	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/21		£89	£57	£31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/20		£23	£27	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/19		£82	£84	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/03/18	*	£101	£119	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£122	£97	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£73	£70	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£48	£53	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£22	£52	£-30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£45	£45	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£60	£21	£39	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 13 years

lynnjonesie1@gmail.com

07402145935

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for families & carers

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Durham, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Sunderland,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
28 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£64,164
BBC Children in Need	£45,000
The Greggs Foundation	£45,000
Department for Work and Pensions	£5,979
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd	£5,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Brainbox
£45,000	26/10/2023	This grant will support children and young people with a brain injury who have lost their self esteem and social connections, and will support them in becoming social again.
National Lottery Community Fund - Clearer Futures
£9,995	06/01/2023	This funding will allow Brainbox to deliver their Family Support Service across the North East region which works to support children and their families who are living with a brain injury. The ....more This funding will allow Brainbox to deliver their Family Support Service across the North East region which works to support children and their families who are living with a brain injury. The project will provide financial guidance and support together with fun activities such as singing chair yoga films men's health gardening community meals walks and photography. The project aims to connect people who are living with similar issues to help improve mental health and well-being.
Department for Work and Pensions - L RETAIL LIMMITED TA KEY VAPE
£4,479	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
The Greggs Foundation - North East Core Funding
£45,000	10/05/2021 36	£45,000 over three years (15,000 per year) to support the salary of the Chief Executive Officer.
Department for Work and Pensions - L RETAIL TA KEY VAPE
£1,500	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - drop in sessions in Berwick for children with Acquired Brain Injuries and Neurological Conditions
£5,000	10/12/2020	drop in sessions in Berwick for children with Acquired Brain Injuries and Neurological Conditions
National Lottery Community Fund - Brainbox Support
£44,169	27/11/2020 6	The funding will allow the project to continue providing support to children and their families who have been affected by a brain injury in hospital in their own homes and in the community with a ....more The funding will allow the project to continue providing support to children and their families who have been affected by a brain injury in hospital in their own homes and in the community with a range of educational mental and physical activities and services. This aims to improve mental and emotional wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Transition Kids
£10,000	23/03/2020 11	The funding will be used to work with young people aged 11 to 17 living with an acquired brain injury. This will provide volunteer befrienders, tailored and peer support and an agreed action plan to ....more The funding will be used to work with young people aged 11 to 17 living with an acquired brain injury. This will provide volunteer befrienders, tailored and peer support and an agreed action plan to help meet the needs of participants, their families and friends, improve their confidence and well-being, and aid their transition into adulthood.
National Lottery Community Fund - Tots To Teens Project
£9,997	28/02/2019 12	This project will establish a support group for families of young children living with acquired brain injuries and neurological conditions in Berwick. The programme will enable families to share ....more This project will establish a support group for families of young children living with acquired brain injuries and neurological conditions in Berwick. The programme will enable families to share experiences, develop a peer support system and provide volunteering opportunities.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Brainbox
£50,000	16/04/2015 24	over two years as continuation funding towards the manager's post at this charity for brain-injured young people and their families, based in Newcastle

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

JONNIE CLARKE Appointed: 2017

GRAHAM LIGHT Appointed: 2014

LEWIS THOMAS BRUIN Appointed: 2023

LYNN JONES Appointed: 2014

JOHN MCCONVILLE (Chair) Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeship: HEADWAY FORCES SUPPORT GROUP,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/04/2011, number: 1141250

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints 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

12 returns made; AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 0 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR13: 2 days late,

Main office

Sandyletch
Longhorsley
Morpeth
NE65 8QN

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ABI AND THEIR FAMILIES/CARERS BY THE PROVISION OF CARE, SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED

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