Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

CHILD BRAIN INJURY TRUST 

The Child Brain Injury Trust provides support, information and training for anyone affected by childhood acquired brain injury throughout the United Kingdom.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 18 years

www.childbraininjurytrust.org.uk

office@cbituk.org

01869341075

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£1,287£1,411£-124£227£755£5004.3377
31/03/22£1,222£1,189£33£147£879£6076.1330
31/03/21£1,588£980£609£105£846£5596.8350
31/03/20£1,265£1,229£35£221£237£2292.2350
31/03/19£1,191£1,135£56£234£202£1932341
31/03/18£1,175£1,218£-43£282£146£1351.3360
31/03/17£1,011£982£29£227£189£1481.8230
31/03/16£932£853£79£153£227£1892.7230
31/03/15£817£815£2£159£148£1221.8220
31/03/14£783£868£-85£175£146£1171.6210
31/03/13£819£720£99£143£231£1742.9200
31/03/12£651£643£7£170£132£1082130
31/03/11£576£583£-7£154£125£1052.2140
31/03/10£520£531£-11£166£132£922.1120
31/03/09£552£618£-66£167£143£911.8130
31/03/08£701£594£107£194£209£781.6130
31/03/07£370£448£-79£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 32.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 16.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 66%
Reserves/Spending: 4.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 7.5
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 37 employees
  • 7 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£85,040
National Lottery Community Fund£75,018
Masonic Trust£60,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£45,000
BBC Children in Need£40,334
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Shears Foundation - Child Brain Injury Trust
£5,500 22/01/2024
Supporting families with children with Acquired Brain Injury in the North West
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting children with acquired brain injuries in North East England
£8,754 17/02/2023
The funding will be used to offer a virtual support and information service for children families and supporting professionals affected by childhood acquired brain injuries. The project aims to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Virtual Support for children with Acquired Brain Injuries in Wales
£6,920 13/02/2023
Child Brain Injury Trust in Cardiff will support families across Wales affected by brain injuries which happened during childhood. They will offer a virtual support counselling and information ....more
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Child Brain Injury Trust - 24/04/22
£2,500 23/05/2022
Core Funding
Cheshire Community Foundation - Supporting children with ABIs in Cheshire
£2,000 14/04/2022
Supporting children with ABIs in Cheshire
National Lottery Community Fund - ABI Support Service for the North East of England
£10,000 26/11/2021
The project will use the funding to continue supporting children with acquired brain injuries and their families. Services include crisis and emotional support providing information and advice on ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting children with brain injuries in East Scotland
£10,000 29/03/2021
12
This group will use the funding for their Acquired Brain Injury Co-ordinator's salary.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Child Brain Injury Trust - 10/02/21
£1,250 03/03/2021
ABI Support Service for London
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Child Brain Injury Trust
£40,334 30/11/2020
This project will provide individual support to children and young people with an acquired brain injury. Children and young people will improve their emotional wellbeing and be positively empowered.
National Lottery Community Fund - Virtual support for children with brain injuries in the West Midlands
£9,600 13/11/2020
6
The group will use the funding to provide virtual support packages for children who are living with brain injuries. This will help a vulnerable group of people who are struggling as a result of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 - Virtual support for children with brain injuries
£9,744 23/10/2020
6
Child Brain Injury Trust in Cardiff will provide ongoing emotional and practical support for families of children with acquired brain injuries. £9744 will fund staff activity packs and software ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£85,040 09/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£60,000 10/02/2020
Grant to fund an Acquired Brain Injury Coordinator to support children and their families in the East of England.
National Lottery Community Fund - ABI Support Service for Wales
£10,000 15/09/2019
12
ABI Support Service for Wales
National Lottery Community Fund - ABI Support Service for London
£10,000 11/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to pay the salary of a co-ordinator for children living with the effects of acquired brain injuries. The project aims to provide support and information to both children and ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£45,000 28/05/2019
Responding to demand for a non-clinical support service for children with brain injuries in London
Quartet Community Foundation - Child and Family Support Service for Bristol
£4,000 08/11/2018
11
To support the group's Child and Family Support Service for Bristol, supporting families of children with an acquired brain injury.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Child Brain Injury Trust
£46,000 09/03/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of the 'Child and Family Support Service' for children with acquired brain injuries and their families in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Cleveland and County ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Child Brain Injury Trust
£73,800 09/02/2017
36
Funding a child and family support co-ordinator for children and young people who have suffered an acquired brain injury. The project hopes to improve family relationships, confidence in making a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP1 - Improved Education and Awareness: Life After Injury
£49,900 23/03/2016
12
TPP1 - Improved Education and Awareness: Life After Injury
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Child Brain Injury Trust
£37,400 25/08/2011
the Thames Valley Children and Family Support Project including the salary and on costs of the Child and Family Support Worker, training travel, management, office and family activity costs
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-73
  • CHRISTOPHER OWEN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Consultant To The Legal Profession
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/03/2006, number: 1113326
  • Registered at Companies House on 10/03/2006, number: 05738517
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; all on time
Main office

Child Brain Injury Trust
3 Field View
Baynards Green Farm
Baynards Green
BICESTER
Oxfordsh

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF BRAIN INJURED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES BY PROVIDING TREATMENT, SUPPORT AND REHABILITATION, PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF BRAIN INJURIES, ADVANCING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF BRAIN INJURIES TO CHILDREN AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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