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British Neuroscience Association Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1103852BristolHealth and saving lives
Income£343k2025-09-30
Spending£425ksame year
Spent / received106%5-year average
Size in its cause79th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2004Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

British Neuroscience Association Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in May 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04307833). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, British Neuroscience Association Limited reported income of £343k and spending of £425k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £163k to £343k (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 147%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, British Neuroscience Association Limited sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope Welfare Trust (£343k), SWFT Charity (£343k) and Jain Samaj Europe (£343k).

Income and spending

£0£109k£217k£326k£434k2021 Income: £163,4972021 Spending: £250,75020212022 Income: £404,4162022 Spending: £319,23620222023 Income: £322,9342023 Spending: £364,72520232024 Income: £434,2972024 Spending: £409,47620242025 Income: £342,7722025 Spending: £425,1222025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The British Neuroscience Association (BNA) is the largest UK organisation representing neuroscientists and neuroscience, from ion channels to human behaviour to applications in the clinic and beyond. We welcome everyone interested in neuroscience to join us, and help support research into the nervous system in both health and disease.

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