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Registered charity · Isle of Wight

Brainstrust

Brainstrust is a registered charity (number 1114634) based in Isle of Wight, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Christopher Baker since 2012. Latest income £779k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £779k (2025)
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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.brainstrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£779k£739k
  • 2024£652k£731k
  • 2023£692k£792k
Earlier years
  • 2022£952k£663k
  • 2021£741k£511k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(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.

Grants received

43 grants · £1,199,230 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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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.

7 trustees on the board

7.3y median 5y
average tenure
18y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1Other services 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£779k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 6.3 in 2021

14 from 13 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1114634
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 4 MARCH 2006 AS AMENDED 5 APRIL 2008.
Contact on the register
01983292405 · hq@brainstrust.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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