Cerebra - for Brain Injured Children and Young People

Analysis

Cerebra - for Brain Injured Children and Young People is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carmarthen. It was registered in December 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04336208). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cerebra - for Brain Injured Children and Young People reported income of £2.8m and spending of £2.9m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £2.9m to £2.8m (-3.5%), an average of -0.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Cerebra - for Brain Injured Children and Young People sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Outreach Community and Residential Services (£2.8m), Bromley & Lewisham Mencap (£2.8m) and Changing Lives Together (£2.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98% and investments 1.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £477k. Charitable activities took 47% of spending and raising funds 48%. Reserves of £859k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 61 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.