The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Brainwave Independence Group

Registered charity 1162939 CIO Registered since 2015

Operates: Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedford

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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

2.1y median 1y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7Other Charitable Purposes 7

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£94k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.brainwaveindependencegroup.co.uk
Emailinfo@brainwave-group.org
Phone07928777268
AddressThe Point 209A Whapload Road, LOWESTOFT, Suffolk, NR32 1UL

Finances

£93,717 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£170,862£159,060
2022£151,687£148,103
2023£125,317£137,772
2024£106,242£143,943
2025£93,717£197,697

What it does

What

DisabilityOther Charitable Purposes

Who

People With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF BRAIN INJURED INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RESIDENT IN EAST ANGLIA, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUCH ADVICE, INFORMATION, SERVICES, FACILITIES AND GRANTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 30 Jul 2015

Trustees (7)

7trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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