Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

BRAIN TUMOUR SUPPORT 

To provide support to those who are affected by a brain tumour.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised
Established: 9 years

www.braintumoursupport.co.uk

info@braintumoursupport.co.uk

01454414355

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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£506£592£-86£174£163£1432.92340
31/03/22£425£412£13n/an/an/an/an/a45
31/03/21£618£395£223£104£235£1504.62015
31/03/20£459£489£-30n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/03/19£434£516£-82n/an/an/an/an/a75
31/03/18£384£381£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£339£315£25£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 34.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 29.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 30%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 2.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 4.9
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 23 employees
  • 40 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£50,000
Quartet Community Foundation£30,854
Herefordshire Community Foundation£7,000
Cheshire Community Foundation£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brain Tumour Support
£2,000 31/08/2023
To resume community face to face support groups at Southmead Hospital and offer counselling for patients and families living with a brain tumour diagnosis.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brain Tumour Support
£10,000 11/05/2023
Professional scoping, development and implementation of a new website platform, providing a more intuitive user experience and robust integration of a CRM system.
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Herefordshire Brain Tumour Support Services
£2,000 14/03/2023
Grant to Brain Tumour Support
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Brain Tumour Support - 22/02/22
£1,750 08/03/2022
Core Funding
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Brain Tumour Support
£987 23/10/2021
We aim to provide 120 dedicated telephone/virtual counselling sessions for those who have received a brain tumour diagnosis and attend our virtual support groups throughout our regions.
Quartet Community Foundation - Brain Tumour Support - North Somerset
£8,882 08/07/2021
11
Towards the costs of support services in North Somerset for those who have received a brain tumour diagnosis, including counselling services in North Somerset.
Quartet Community Foundation - Health and Wellbeing - Family Therapy Services
£4,922 04/02/2021
2
To fund specialised support groups for people in the West of England living with brain tumours.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brain Tumour Support
£250 06/01/2021
As requested by the donor towards the work of the organisation.
Cheshire Community Foundation - Brain Tumour Support West Midlands
£5,000 12/11/2020
Brain Tumour Support provides support for those who have received a brain tumour diagnosis throughout the West Midlands. The proejct will provide one to one support, counselling and information for ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£50,000 26/08/2020
"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
Quartet Community Foundation - Brain Tumour Support - North Somerset
£4,800 05/08/2020
We are seeking a grant towards our support services for those who have received a brain tumour diagnosis, including our counselling services for patients in North Somerset.
Herefordshire Community Foundation - Covid 19 Grant Brain Tumour Support Hereford
£5,000 16/07/2020
11
Covid 19 Grant to Brain Tumour Support
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Brain Tumour Support
£5,000 29/06/2020
36
Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Brain Tumour Support, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
The Grocers' Charity - 2020 Brain Tumour Support
£4,570 24/04/2020
Supporting people with rare medical conditions
Cornwall Community Foundation - Support Services in response to Covid 19
£3,000 01/04/2020
11
To enable access to Brain Tumour Support's telephone counselling service.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£5,000 22/10/2018
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Community Fund - Health and Wellbeing Information Days
£10,000 17/08/2018
12
The funding will be used to deliver support sessions for people who have been diagnosed with brain tumours. The project aims to offer advice and improve the wellbeing of the service users.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 40-71
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/10/2015, number: 1163856
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/08/2015, number: 09718307
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
  • 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
  • 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
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

BRAIN TUMOUR SUPPORT
7A ST MARY STREET
THORNBURY
BRISTOL
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
BS35 2AB

Objectives

CHARITABLE PURPOSES2.1 THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY ARE:2.1.1 THE RELIEF OF ILLNESS OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM BRAIN TUMOURS BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, ADVICE AND INFORMATION FOR SUCH PERSONS AND TO OFFER SUPPORT, ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO THEIR CARERS AND FAMILIES; AND2.1.2 THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE EFFECTS AND CAUSES OF BRAIN TUMOURS AND THE PUBLIC DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.

Data Sources

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