Registered charity · Bristol
British Neuroscience Association Limited
- 11 trustees
- Income £343k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Narender RamnaniChair · since 2023
- Bethany Facer MScTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Dayne Beccano-Kelly BSc,PhDTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Matthew Brown DphilTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Neil Dawson PhD, SfheaTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Sandrine MorawekTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Sarah Louise King PhDTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Talitha KerriganTrustee · since 2024
- Professor Julie WilliamsTrustee · since 2025
- Professor Tara Leigh Spires-JonesTrustee · since 2021
- Sara PurdyTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.bna.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- British Neuroscience Association Limited
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£343k£425k
- 2024£434k£409k
- 2023£323k£365k
Earlier years
- 2022£404k£319k
- 2021£163k£251k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH AND ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NEUROSCIENCES RELATED TO HEALTH AND DISEASE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY:(A) PROMOTING ON A MULTIDISCIPLINARY BASIS THE STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IN HEALTH AND DISEASE.(B) PROMOTING THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION TO ALL THOSE INTERESTED IN THE NEUROSCIENCES AND RELATED DISCIPLINES BY MEANS OF LECTURES, DISCUSSIONS, MEETINGS AND REPORTS FROM TIME TO TIME OBTAINED FROM SUCH RESEARCHERS.(C) ADVISING AS FAR AS POSSIBLE ON ISSUES IN NEUROSCIENCES RELATED TO HEALTH AND DISEASE.(D) ENDEAVOURING TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH IN HEALTH AND DISEASE.(E) ASSISTING IN THE TRAINING OF NEUROSCIENTISTS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS ENGAGED IN NEUROSCIENCE TEACHING AND RESEARCH.(F) REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCHERS AND PROMOTING THE CASE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO GOVERNMENT, TO AGENCIES PROVIDING RESEARCH FUNDING AND TO BODIES ENGAGED IN SCIENCE ADMINISTRATION, REGULATION AND STANDARDS
Grants received
2 grants · £560,011 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Gatsby Charitable Foundation · £560,011 (2 grants)
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
11 trustees on the board
- Narender Ramnani Chair since 2023
- Bethany Facer MSc since 2025
- Dr Dayne Beccano-Kelly BSc,PhD since 2025
- Dr Matthew Brown Dphil since 2025
- Dr Neil Dawson PhD, Sfhea since 2026
- Dr Sandrine Morawek since 2025
- Dr Sarah Louise King PhD since 2023
- Dr Talitha Kerrigan since 2024
- Professor Julie Williams since 2025
- Professor Tara Leigh Spires-Jones since 2021
- Sara Purdy since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Bethany Facer MSc since 2025
- Dr Dayne Beccano-Kelly BSc,PhD since 2025
- Dr Matthew Brown Dphil since 2025
- Dr Neil Dawson PhD, Sfhea since 2026
- Dr Sarah Louise King PhD since 2023
- Dr Talitha Kerrigan since 2024
- Professor Julie Williams since 2025
- Professor Tara Leigh Spires-Jones since 2021
Portfolio (3)
- Narender Ramnani Chair since 2023
- Dr Sandrine Morawek since 2025
- Sara Purdy since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1103852
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19 OCT 2001NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 17 DEC 2003AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 22 MAR 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 APR 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 APR 2017 as amended on 29 Apr 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 04307833 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07584016279 · office@bna.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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