The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Guarantors of Brain

Registered charity 1197319 CIO Registered since 2022

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Ireland

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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

2y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Other services 1Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 3 years.
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£2.0m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

22.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 30.4 in 2023

7 from 5 in 2023
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.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://www.guarantorsofbrain.org/
Emailwebadmin@guarantorsofbrain.org
Phone07940563216
AddressUniversity of Cambridge, Herchel Smith Building, Robinson Way, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 0SZ

Finances

£2,044,041 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2023£1,827,095£2,816,002
2024£1,870,172£2,543,954
2025£2,044,041£3,219,435

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION AND HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE SCIENCE OF NEUROLOGY AND RELATED CLINICAL-ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS.

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 04 Jan 2022

Trustees (7)

7trustees
63median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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