Child Brain Injury Trust

Analysis

Child Brain Injury Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bicester. It was registered in March 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05738517). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Child Brain Injury Trust reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.7m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £1.8m (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Child Brain Injury Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blackburn Rovers Community Trust (£1.8m), Crossways Community (£1.8m) and Guru Maneyo Granth Gurdwara (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 61% and trading 38%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £39k. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 15%. Reserves of £479k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 41 people.