Registered charity · Liverpool
The Brain Charity
- 11 trustees
- Income £1.8m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Nicholas SilverTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Perry MooreTrustee · since 2021
- Ian Ashley CraigTrustee · since 2020
- Jacqueline SaleTrustee · since 2019
- Maria BurquestTrustee · since 2023
- Mark REATrustee · since 2013
- Professor Gus BakerTrustee · since 2025
- Professor William ChambersTrustee · since 2015
- Rupak RahmanTrustee · since 2024
- Timothy WalshTrustee · since 2017
- Vanessa BoatengTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.thebraincharity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Brain Charity
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.8m£1.8m
- 2024£1.8m£1.8m
- 2023£1.6m£1.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.3m£1.2m
- 2021£809k£861k
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS OR RELATED MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, TOGETHER WITH THEIR FRIENDS, FAMILIES AND CARERS, BY OFFERING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, PRACTICAL HELP, AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PROFESSIONALS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATING TO NEUROLOGICAL AND RELATED MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.TO ACT AS THE SUCCESSOR BODY TO THE MERSEY NEUROLOGICAL TRUST.?
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Dr Nicholas Silver since 2018
- Dr Perry Moore since 2021
- Ian Ashley Craig since 2020
- Jacqueline Sale since 2019
- Mark REA since 2013
- Maria Burquest since 2023
- Professor William Chambers since 2015
- Professor Gus Baker since 2025
- Rupak Rahman since 2024
- Timothy Walsh since 2017
- Vanessa Boateng since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Nicholas Silver since 2018
- Ian Ashley Craig since 2020
- Jacqueline Sale since 2019
- Mark REA since 2013
- Professor William Chambers since 2015
- Timothy Walsh since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Dr Perry Moore since 2021
- Jacqueline Sale since 2019
- Mark REA since 2013
- Maria Burquest since 2023
- Professor William Chambers since 2015
- Professor Gus Baker since 2025
- Rupak Rahman since 2024
- Timothy Walsh since 2017
Portfolio (3)
- Dr Nicholas Silver since 2018
- Ian Ashley Craig since 2020
- Vanessa Boateng since 2021
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
6.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1114999
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/03/2006AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03/09/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10 FEB 2020 as amended on 08 Jan 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 05741930 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01512982999 · info@thebraincharity.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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