Brains Matter Charity

Registered charity 1062884 Registered since 1997

Operates: East Sussex, Kent

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

5y median 6y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

17.7y

average years in governance

7 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Disability 7

Commercial experience

Health and social care 9Finance 2Property 2

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Contact

Website	www.brainsmatter.org.uk
Email	info@brainsmatter.org.uk
Phone	01892619001
Address	3 CULVERDEN PARK, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TN4 9QT

Finances

£144,962 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£109,962	£170,320
2021	£89,902	£204,196
2022	£107,562	£203,050
2023	£215,956	£242,029
2024	£144,962	£250,328

What it does

What

Disability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

[A] TO ADVANCE , PROMOTE, AND ASSIST IN THE REHABILITATION OF PERSONS WHO SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES RESULTING IN BRAIN DAMAGE AND WHO RESIDE IN THE AREA AT WHICH THE COMPANY'S ACTIVITIES ARE TARGETED (AS DETERMINED BY THE COMPANY FROM TIME TO TIME) BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH SERVICES AND FACILITIES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED BY IT. [B] TO SUPPORT INFORM AND GUIDE CARERS AND FAMILIES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES. [C] TO MAINTAIN , DEVELOP AND MANAGE A CENTRE TO ASSIST WITH THE REHABILITATION OF HEAD - INJURED PERSONS AND CO-OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER BODIES IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR THE CARRYING ON ALL SUCH ACTIVITIES AS MAY BR PROMOTED BY THE COMPANY

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/06/1997 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 11/07/2011 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/07/2012 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 MAY 2017, 24 JUN 2019, 30 OCT 2024 AND 7TH APRIL 2025.

Trustees (7)

7trustees

65median age

2aged 70+

Succession outlook: 2 of 7 trustees are aged 70 or over.

John Kennedyage 63 Chair since 2021
Edward Fardellage 72 since 2020
Ian Goldsworthyage 65 since 2025
Jacqueline Leeann Barker since 2019
Joanna Mary Clark-Wilsonage 68 since 2019
Paul Francis Lesterage 62 since 2024
Susan Pearceage 77 since 2019

Linked company (Companies House)

Brains Matter Charity · 03380601 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 03/06/1997

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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